Job 13:10:4Job.13.10.W4TAB
אִם־בַּ֝סֵּ֗תֶר
imbaseter
“if in secret”
- Transliteration
- im-ba-SE-ter
- Extended
- ihm-bah-SEE-tehr
- IPA
- /ʔim.basˈseː.θɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- if in secret
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-ba-SE-ter
- clause
im-ba-SE-ter pa-NIM tis-SA-un
- sentence
ho-KHE-akh yo-KHI-akh et-KHEM im-ba-SE-ter pa-NIM tis-SA-un
Exegesis
The conditional im-baseter {אִם־בַּסֵּ֗תֶר | ʾim-bas-sēṯer} introduces the circumstance, marking concealed action, and links to the idiom panim + tissaun {פָּנִים תִּשָּׂאֽוּן | pā-nîm tiś-šā-ʾûn}, “lift up faces,” indicating partiality. English renders the infinitive absolute with “surely” and preserves the if-clause to maintain the cause-and-effect relation between hidden favoritism and divine rebuke.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh–tav–resh
“hiding, concealment”
In context — Job 13:10
He will surely rebuke you if you lift up faces in secret.
About this coordinate
Job 13:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 13:10, so the Hebrew word אִם־בַּ֝סֵּ֗תֶר (imbaseter) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Job.13.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.10.W4.S1) and character.