Job 14:10:1Job.14.10.W1TAB
וְגֶ֣בֶר
vegever
“and a man”
- Transliteration
- ve-GE-ver
- Extended
- veh-GEH-vehr
- IPA
- /vəˈɣɛ.vɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-GE-ver
- clause
ve-GE-ver ya-MUT va-ye-khe-LASH
- sentence
ve-GE-ver ya-MUT va-ye-khe-LASH va-yig-VA a-DAM ve-AI-yo
Exegesis
The opening clause uses vegever {וְגֶ֣בֶר | wə-ḡeḇe r} with yamut {יָ֭מוּת | yā-mûṯ} to assert the inevitability of death.
Root and etymology
consonantsgimel–bet–resh
“strong man”
In context — Job 14:10
But a man dies and is brought low ; a human expires, and where is he ?
About this coordinate
Job 14:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 14:10, so the Hebrew word וְגֶ֣בֶר (vegever) 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.14.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.10.W1.S1) and character.