Job 14:19:6Job.14.19.W6TAB
וְתִקְוַ֖ת
vetikvat
“and hope of”
- Transliteration
- ve-tik-VAT
- Extended
- veh-tihk-VAHT
- IPA
- /vətiqˈvat/
Meaning by language
- English
- and hope of
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-tik-VAT
- clause
ve-tik-VAT e-NOSH he-e-VAD-ta
- sentence
a-va-NIM sha-kha-KU MA-yim tish-TOF-se-fi-KHE-ha a-FAR-a-RETS ve-tik-VAT e-NOSH he-e-VAD-ta
Exegesis
The phrase ve-tikvat enosh heevadta {וְתִקְוַת אֱנוֹשׁ הֶאֱבַדְתָּ | wə-ti-qwāṯ ʾĕ-nôš he-ʾĕ-ḇaḏ-tā} closes with a direct parallel: as water erodes rock, God extinguishes human hope. English punctuation preserves the Hebrew’s stepwise build to an emphatic conclusion.
Root and etymology
ק־ו־ה
“to hope, wait”
In context — Job 14:19
Waters wear away stones; You wash away its aftergrowth from the dust of the earth, and You destroy the hope of a mortal .
About this coordinate
Job 14:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 14:19, so the Hebrew word וְתִקְוַ֖ת (vetikvat) 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.14.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.19.W6.S1) and character.