Job 13:6:5Job.13.6.W5TAB
הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃
hakshivu
“listen”
- Transliteration
- hak-shi-VU
- Extended
- hahk-shih-VOO
- IPA
- /haq.ʃiːˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- listen
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
hak-shi-VU
- 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 verse is built as a balanced, parallel appeal marked by two imperatives: shim'u-na {שִׁמְעוּ־נָא | šimʿû-nā} ‘hear, please’ followed by the second imperative hakshiv{u} {הַקְשִׁיבוּ | haqšîḇû} ‘listen attentively.’
Root and etymology
ק־שׁ־שׁ
“stubble”
In context — Job 13:6
Hear, please, my reproof ; and listen attentively to the contentions of my lips.
About this coordinate
Job 13:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 13:6, so the Hebrew word הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃ (hakshivu) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.6.W5.S1) and character.