Job 13:7:3Job.13.7.W3TAB
עַוְלָ֑ה
avella
“injustice or wrong”
- Transliteration
- a-vel-LA
- Extended
- ah-veh-LAA
- IPA
- /ʕavˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- injustice or wrong
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-vel-LA
- clause
hal-EL te-dab-RU a-vel-LA
- sentence
hal-EL te-dab-RU a-vel-LA ve-LO te-dab-RU re-mi-YA
Exegesis
The nouns ʿawlāh {עַוְלָ֑ה | ʿawlāh} ‘injustice’ and rəmiyyāh {רְמִיָּֽה | rəmiyyāh} ‘deceit’ are placed at the end of each question for emphasis, functioning as the climactic objects of what they are “speaking.”
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Vav–Lamed
“injustice, wrong”
In context — Job 13:7
Will you speak injustice for God ? And will you speak deceit for Him?
About this coordinate
Job 13:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 13:7, so the Hebrew word עַוְלָ֑ה (avella) 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.13.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.7.W3.S1) and character.