Job 13:25:3Job.13.25.W3TAB

תַּעֲר֑וֹץ

taarots

will you terrify

Transliteration
ta-a-ROTS
Extended
tah-ah-ROOHTS
IPA
/ta.ʕăˈroːts/

Meaning by language

English
will you terrify

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
תַּ + עֲ + ר֑וֹץ
ta + a + rots
taarots

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tsade Sofitfinal form of Tsade — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ta-a-ROTS

  2. clause

    he-a-LE nid-DAF ta-a-ROTS

  3. sentence

    he-a-LE nid-DAF ta-a-ROTS ve-ET-kash ya-VESH tir-DOF

Exegesis

In the first clause, the interrogative-prefix fronted noun heʿā-leh {הֶעָלֶ֣ה | heʿā-leh} ‘leaf’ together with the Niphal participle niddāf {נִדָּ֣ף | niddāf} ‘driven’ receives emphasis prior to the verb taʿă-rōṣ {תַּעֲר֑וֹץ | taʿă-rōṣ} ‘terrify’.

Root and etymology

ע־ר־ץ

to terrify

In contextJob 13:25

Will You terrify a driven leaf? And will You pursue dry chaff ?

About this coordinate

Job 13:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 13:25, so the Hebrew word תַּעֲר֑וֹץ (taarots) 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.13.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.25.W3.S1) and character.