Job 13:24:4Job.13.24.W4TAB
לְאוֹיֵ֣ב
leoyev
“as an enemy”
- Transliteration
- le-O-yEV
- Extended
- leh-OH-yeev
- IPA
- /ləʔoːˈjeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- as an enemy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
le-O-yEV
- phraseyour reading level
le-O-yEV LAKH
- clause
ve-takh-she-VE-ni le-O-yEV LAKH
- sentence
la-MA-fa-NE-kha tas-TIR ve-takh-she-VE-ni le-O-yEV LAKH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-oyev lakh {לְאוֹיֵ֣ב לָֽךְ | lə-ʾō-yēv lāḵ} ‘as an enemy to You’ functions as a predicate complement that intensifies the relational rupture: Job experiences himself as classified in opposition to the One he addresses. English maintains the paired rhetorical questions, preserving the parallelism (hide // consider) that drives the accusation and its emotional force.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Yod–Bet
“to be hostile”
In context — Job 13:24
Why do You hide Your face, and consider me an enemy to You?
About this coordinate
Job 13:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 13:24, so the Hebrew word לְאוֹיֵ֣ב (leoyev) 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.13.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.24.W4.S1) and character.