Job 13:4:5Job.13.4.W5TAB
אֱלִ֣ל
elil
“worthlessness”
- Transliteration
- e-LIL
- Extended
- eh-LIHL
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈlil/
Meaning by language
- English
- worthlessness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-LIL
- phraseyour reading level
e-LIL khul-le-KHEM
- clause
ro-fe-EI e-LIL khul-le-KHEM
- sentence
ve-u-LAM a-TEM to-fe-LEI-sha-KER ro-fe-EI e-LIL khul-le-KHEM
Exegesis
A verbless clause implies “are,” and the coordinated participles link toflei-shaqer {טֹֽפְלֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר | ṭōp̄lê-šāqer} ‘smearers of falsehood’ and rofei elil {רֹפְאֵ֖י אֱלִ֣ל | rōp̄əʾê ʾĕlîl} ‘healers of worthlessness’ as twofold metaphors: deceptive coating and failed healing.
Root and etymology
א־ל־ל
“worthlessness”
In context — Job 13:4
But you are smearers of falsehood—healers of nothingness , all of you.
About this coordinate
Job 13:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 13:4, so the Hebrew word אֱלִ֣ל (elil) 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.13.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.4.W5.S1) and character.