Job 13:16:2Job.13.16.W2TAB
לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה
lishua
“for salvation”
- Transliteration
- li-shu-a
- Extended
- lee-shoo-AH
- IPA
- /liːʃuːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for salvation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
li-shu-a
- clause
gam-HU-li li-shu-a
- sentence
gam-HU-li li-shu-a ki-LO le-fa-NAV kha-NEF ya-VO
Exegesis
The following nominal li-yeshuah {לִישׁוּעָה | liyešûʿāh} ‘for salvation’ functions as a predicate complement, expressing what God will be to Job (deliverance/vindication).
Root and etymology
consonantsYod–Shin–Ayin
“save, deliver”
In context — Job 13:16
Also, He will be for me salvation , for a godless person will not come before Him.
About this coordinate
Job 13:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 13:16, so the Hebrew word לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה (lishua) 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.13.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.16.W2.S1) and character.