Job 13:5:1Job.13.5.W1TAB
מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן
miyitten
“Who will give or O that {it might be}”
- Transliteration
- mi-YIT-ten
- Extended
- mih-YEET-tehn
- IPA
- /miːˈjit.teːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Who will give or O that {it might be}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-YIT-ten
- clause
mi-YIT-ten ha-kha-RESH ta-kha-ri-SHUN
- sentence
mi-YIT-ten ha-kha-RESH ta-kha-ri-SHUN u-te-HI la-KHEM le-kha-KHMA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the optative idiom mi-yitten {מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן | mî-yit·tēn} ‘if only’, introducing a pointed wish.
In context — Job 13:5
If only you would truly be silent; that would be wisdom for you.
About this coordinate
Job 13:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 13:5, so the Hebrew word מִֽי־יִ֭תֵּן (miyitten) 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.13.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.5.W1.S1) and character.