Job 13:12:4Job.13.12.W4TAB
גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃
gabbeikhem
“your mounds or your backs”
- Transliteration
- gab-BEI-khem
- Extended
- gahb-BEE-khehm
- IPA
- /ɡabˈbeː.xɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your mounds or your backs
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gab-BEI-khem
- 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
Rootgimel–bet–bet
“back, convex surface”
In context — Job 13:12
Your remembrances are sayings of ash; your defenses are defenses of clay.
About this coordinate
Job 13:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 13:12, so the Hebrew word גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃ (gabbeikhem) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.12.W4.S1) and character.