Job 13:12:3Job.13.12.W3TAB
לְגַבֵּי־חֹ֝֗מֶר
legabbeikhomer
“as for mounds or as for backs of clay”
- Transliteration
- le-gab-BEI-KHO-mer
- Extended
- leh-gahb-BEE-KHOH-mehr
- IPA
- /ləɣabˈbeː.ħoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- as for mounds or as for backs of clay
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-gab-BEI-KHO-mer
- clause
le-gab-BEI-KHO-mer gab-BEI-khem
- sentence
zikh-ro-NEI-khem mish-LEI-E-fer le-gab-BEI-KHO-mer gab-BEI-khem
Exegesis
The second clause begins with the locative prepositional phrase le-gabei-chomer {לְגַבֵּי־חֹ֝֗מֶר | lə-gabbê-ḥōmer}, resumed by gabbekhem {גַּבֵּיכֶֽם | gabbêkem}, creating tight parallelism: the support (backs) is itself clay, underscoring fragility and futility.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–mem–resh
“clay”
In context — Job 13:12
Your remembrances are sayings of ash; your defenses are defenses of clay.
About this coordinate
Job 13:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 13:12, so the Hebrew word לְגַבֵּי־חֹ֝֗מֶר (legabbeikhomer) 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.13.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.12.W3.S1) and character.