Job 14:10:4Job.14.10.W4TAB
וַיִּגְוַ֖ע
vayigva
“and expires or breathes out”
- Transliteration
- va-yig-VA
- Extended
- vah-yihg-VAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jiɣˈwaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and expires or breathes out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yig-VA
- clause
va-yig-VA a-DAM ve-AI-yo
- sentence
ve-GE-ver ya-MUT va-ye-khe-LASH va-yig-VA a-DAM ve-AI-yo
Exegesis
This is followed by a tight sequence of wayyiqtol forms, vayyechelash {וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ | way-yə-ḥĕ-lāš} and vayigva {וַיִּגְוַ֖ע | way-yig-waʿ}, which portray death as a process: collapse into weakness and then the final cessation of life.
Root and etymology
consonantsgimel–vav–ayin
“to expire, breathe out”
In context — Job 14:10
But a man dies and is brought low ; a human expires, and where is he ?
About this coordinate
Job 14:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 14:10, so the Hebrew word וַיִּגְוַ֖ע (vayigva) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.10.W4.S1) and character.