Job 14:12:3Job.14.12.W3TAB
וְֽלֹא־יָ֫ק֥וּם
veloyakum
“and does not rise”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-YA-KUM
- Extended
- veh-LOH-yaa-KOOM
- IPA
- /v(ə)loː.jaːˈquːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and does not rise
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-YA-KUM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-YA-KUM ad-BIL-te sha-MA-yim LO ya-KI-tsu
- clause
ve-ISH sha-KHAV ve-LO-YA-KUM ad-BIL-te sha-MA-yim LO ya-KI-tsu
- sentence
ve-ISH sha-KHAV ve-LO-YA-KUM ad-BIL-te sha-MA-yim LO ya-KI-tsu ve-LO-ye-O-ru mi-she-NA-tam
Exegesis
It then moves to ve-lo-yakum {וְלֹא־יָקוּם | wə-lōʾ-yā-qûm} ‘and he will not rise’, emphasizing the permanence of death.
In context — Job 14:12
So a man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, he will not awake, nor be roused from his sleep.
About this coordinate
Job 14:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 14:12, so the Hebrew word וְֽלֹא־יָ֫ק֥וּם (veloyakum) 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.14.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.12.W3.S1) and character.