Job 14:19:7Job.14.19.W7TAB
אֱנ֣וֹשׁ
enosh
“man or mortal”
- Transliteration
- e-NOSH
- Extended
- eh-NOHSH
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈnoːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- man or mortal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-NOSH
- phraseyour reading level
e-NOSH he-e-VAD-ta
- 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
א־נ־ש
“mortal, frail man”
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 14:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 14:19, so the Hebrew word אֱנ֣וֹשׁ (enosh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.19.W7.S1) and character.