Job 14:11:3Job.14.11.W3TAB
וְ֝נָהָ֗ר
venahar
“and a river”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-HAR
- Extended
- veh-naa-HAAR
- IPA
- /vənaːˈhaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a river
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-na-HAR
- clause
ve-na-HAR ye-khe-RAV ve-ya-VESH
- sentence
AZ-lu-MA-yim mi-NI-YAM ve-na-HAR ye-khe-RAV ve-ya-VESH
Exegesis
The second clause parallels this with venahar {וְ֝נָהָ֗ר | wə-nā-hār} ‘and a river’ as subject, followed by two imperfect verbs yecherav {יֶחֱרַ֥ב | ye-ḥĕ-rav} ‘it dries up’ and veyavesh {וְיָבֵֽשׁ | wə-yā-vēš} ‘and it withers,’ advancing from initial drying to full desiccation. The imperfect forms imply a process rather than a discrete action, which English reflects by present-tense verbs (“dries up,” “withers”). The choice of azlu (“vanish”) underscores sudden disappearance, anticipating the metaphor of human mortality in Job’s reflection.
Root and etymology
consonantsnun–heh–resh
“to flow”
In context — Job 14:11
Waters vanish from the sea , and a river dries up and withers .
About this coordinate
Job 14:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 14:11, so the Hebrew word וְ֝נָהָ֗ר (venahar) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.11.W3.S1) and character.