Job 13:6:4Job.13.6.W4TAB
שְׂפָתַ֣י
sefatai
“of my lips”
- Transliteration
- se-fa-TAI
- Extended
- seh-faa-TAI
- IPA
- /səfaˈtaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- of my lips
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
se-fa-TAI
- phraseyour reading level
se-fa-TAI hak-shi-VU
- clause
ve-ri-VOT se-fa-TAI hak-shi-VU
- sentence
shim-E-u-NA to-KHAKH-TI ve-ri-VOT se-fa-TAI hak-shi-VU
Exegesis
The construct chain verivot sefatay {וְרִבּוֹת שְׂפָתַי | wə-rîḇôṯ śəp̄ātay} ‘contentions of my lips’ uses “lips” as a metonymy for speech, anchoring the dispute in Job’s spoken argumentation.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־תsin–peh–tav
“lip, edge”
In context — Job 13:6
Hear, please, my reproof ; and listen attentively to the contentions of my lips.
About this coordinate
Job 13:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 13:6, so the Hebrew word שְׂפָתַ֣י (sefatai) 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.13.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.6.W4.S1) and character.