Job 13:28:3Job.13.28.W3TAB
יִבְלֶ֑ה
yivle
“he wears away”
- Transliteration
- yiv-le
- Extended
- yihv-leh
- IPA
- /jivˈlɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he wears away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yiv-le
- clause
ve-HU ke-ra-KAV yiv-le
- sentence
ve-HU ke-ra-KAV yiv-le ke-VE-ged a-kha-LO ASH
Exegesis
The imperfect yivleh {יִבְלֶה | yiḇ-leh} conveys an ongoing wearing out, while the perfect akhalo ash {אֲכָלוֹ עָשׁ | ʾă-ḵā-lô ʿāš} places the action of consumption before the time of reference, yielding a vivid proverbial snapshot. English renders the first simile actively in formal (“consumed by a moth”) and in passive voice in dynamic (“eaten through by a moth”) to preserve the Hebrew verb-subject order and maintain the tight “like… like…” structure.
Root and etymology
RootBet–Lamed–Heh
“to wear out”
In context — Job 13:28
And he will waste away like rot, like a garment consumed by a moth.
About this coordinate
Job 13:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 13:28, so the Hebrew word יִבְלֶ֑ה (yivle) 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.13.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.28.W3.S1) and character.