Job 14:11:1Job.14.11.W1TAB
אָֽזְלוּ־מַ֭יִם
azlumayim
“have flowed away waters”
- Transliteration
- AZ-lu-MA-yim
- Extended
- AAZ-luh-MAH-yeem
- IPA
- /ˈʔaːz.luː.maˈjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- have flowed away waters
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AZ-lu-MA-yim
- clause
AZ-lu-MA-yim mi-NI-YAM
- sentence
AZ-lu-MA-yim mi-NI-YAM ve-na-HAR ye-khe-RAV ve-ya-VESH
Exegesis
The first clause, azlu-mayim {אָֽזְלוּ־מַ֭יִם | ʾāz-lû-mā-yim} ‘waters have gone away’ combined with the source marker minni-yam {מִנִּי-יָ֑ם | min-nî-yām} ‘from the sea,’ evokes an image of a boundless reservoir emptied.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–zayin–lamed
“to go away, diminish”
In context — Job 14:11
Waters vanish from the sea , and a river dries up and withers .
About this coordinate
Job 14:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 14:11, so the Hebrew word אָֽזְלוּ־מַ֭יִם (azlumayim) 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.14.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.11.W1.S1) and character.