Job 13:15:5Job.13.15.W5TAB
אֲיַחֵ֑ל
ayakhel
“I will wait or I will hope”
- Transliteration
- a-ya-KHEL
- Extended
- ah-yah-KHEEL
- IPA
- /ʔă.jaˈħeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will wait or I will hope
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ya-KHEL
- clause
HEN yik-te-LE-ni LO LO a-ya-KHEL
- sentence
HEN yik-te-LE-ni LO LO a-ya-KHEL AKH-de-ra-KHAI el-pa-NAIV o-KHI-akh
Exegesis
The pairing of lo {לא | lōʾ} ‘not’ and lo {ל֣וֹ | lō} ‘to him’ frames the direction of Job’s resolve articulated by the Piel imperfect ayachel {אֲיַחֵל | ʾăyaḥēl} ‘I will hope’.
Root and etymology
y-ḥ-lyod–chet–lamed
“to wait, expect”
In context — Job 13:15
Behold, though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him; surely I will argue my ways to His face.
About this coordinate
Job 13:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 13:15, so the Hebrew word אֲיַחֵ֑ל (ayakhel) 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.13.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.15.W5.S1) and character.