Job 13:26:3Job.13.26.W3TAB
מְרֹר֑וֹת
merorot
“bitter things”
- Transliteration
- me-ro-ROT
- Extended
- meh-roh-ROT
- IPA
- /məroˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- bitter things
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ro-ROT
- clause
ki-tikh-TOV a-LAI me-ro-ROT
- sentence
ki-tikh-TOV a-LAI me-ro-ROT ve-to-ri-SHE-ni a-vo-NOT ne-u-RAI
Exegesis
The noun merorot {מְרֹר֑וֹת | mərō-rōṯ} “bitter things” functions as the object of tikhtov in a compressed metaphor for corrosive charges.
Root and etymology
m-r-rmem–resh–resh
“to be bitter”
In context — Job 13:26
For You write bitter things against me, and You cause me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.
About this coordinate
Job 13:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 13:26, so the Hebrew word מְרֹר֑וֹת (merorot) 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.13.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.26.W3.S1) and character.