Job 14:2:3Job.14.2.W3TAB
וַיִּמָּ֑ל
vayimmal
“and withers”
- Transliteration
- va-yim-MAL
- Extended
- vah-yihm-MAAL
- IPA
- /vaj.jimˈmaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and withers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yim-MAL
- clause
ke-TSITS ya-TSA va-yim-MAL
- sentence
ke-TSITS ya-TSA va-yim-MAL va-yiv-RAKH ka-TSEL ve-LO ya-a-MOD
Exegesis
The initial perfect yatsa {יָ֭צָא | yāṣāʾ} ‘he came out’ presents human life as momentary emergence, followed by a rapid verbal chain with waw consecutive (va-yimmal {וַיִּמָּ֑ל | way-yim-māl} ‘and he withered’, va-yivrach {וַיִּבְרַ֥ח | way-yiv-raḥ} ‘and he fled’) that drives the line forward toward disappearance.
In context — Job 14:2
Like a flower he comes out and withers, and he flees like a shadow and does not endure.
About this coordinate
Job 14:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 14:2, so the Hebrew word וַיִּמָּ֑ל (vayimmal) 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.14.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.2.W3.S1) and character.