Job 13:20:7Job.13.20.W7TAB
אֶסָּתֵֽר׃
esater
“I will hide myself”
- Transliteration
- e-sa-TER
- Extended
- eh-saa-TEHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛs.saːˈteːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will hide myself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-sa-TER
- phraseyour reading level
LO e-sa-TER
- clause
AZ mi-pa-NE-kha LO e-sa-TER
- sentence
AKH-she-TA-yim AL-ta-AS im-ma-DI AZ mi-pa-NE-kha LO e-sa-TER
Exegesis
The negated Niphal imperfect lōʾ ʾessātēr {לֹ֣א אֶסָּתֵֽר | lōʾ ʾessātēr} ‘I will not hide myself’ completes the conditional structure, contrasting concealment with openness.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh–tav–resh
“hide, conceal”
In context — Job 13:20
Only do not do two requests with me; then I will not hide myself from before You .
About this coordinate
Job 13:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 13:20, so the Hebrew word אֶסָּתֵֽר׃ (esater) 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.13.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.20.W7.S1) and character.