Job 14:15:4Job.14.15.W4TAB
לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה
lemaase
“to the work of”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-a-SE
- Extended
- leh-mah-ah-SEE
- IPA
- /ləma.ʕăˈseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the work of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ma-a-SE
- clause
le-ma-a-SE ya-DE-kha tikh-SOF
- sentence
tik-RA ve-a-NO-khi e-e-NE-kha le-ma-a-SE ya-DE-kha tikh-SOF
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-maʿaseh yadeikha {לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ | ləmaʿăśêh yāḏeîḵā} ‘for the work of your hands’ serves as the object of the final imperfect tiksoph {תִכְסֹף׃ | tiksōp} ‘you will long.’ The parallel structure of call/answer and longing/handiwork creates chiasmic emphasis on Divine–human reciprocity. The preposition lamed introduces both purpose and object, while the absence of a conjunction before the final imperfect heightens immediacy.
Root and etymology
“to make, do”
In context — Job 14:15
You shall call, and I will answer you; you shall long for the work of your hands.
About this coordinate
Job 14:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 14:15, so the Hebrew word לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה (lemaase) 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.14.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.15.W4.S1) and character.