Job 13:5:2Job.13.5.W2TAB
הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ
hakharesh
“the being silent or the silence”
- Transliteration
- ha-kha-RESH
- Extended
- hah-khah-RESH
- IPA
- /ha.ħaˈreːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the being silent or the silence
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-kha-RESH
- 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
It is followed by the emphatic Hiphil infinitive absolute hacharesh {הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ | haḥărēš} ‘be silent’ paired with the Hiphil imperfect tacharishun {תַּחֲרִישׁ֑וּן | taḥărîšûn} ‘you would be silent’, a common Hebrew intensification strategy using the cognate infinitive absolute before a finite verb.
Root and etymology
“be silent”
In context — Job 13:5
If only you would truly be silent; that would be wisdom for you.
About this coordinate
Job 13:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 13:5, so the Hebrew word הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ (hakharesh) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.5.W2.S1) and character.