Job 14:2:5Job.14.2.W5TAB
כַּ֝צֵּ֗ל
katsel
“like a shadow”
- Transliteration
- ka-TSEL
- Extended
- kah-TSEEL
- IPA
- /kaˈtseːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a shadow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-TSEL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yiv-RAKH ka-TSEL
- clause
va-yiv-RAKH ka-TSEL ve-LO ya-a-MOD
- sentence
ke-TSITS ya-TSA va-yim-MAL va-yiv-RAKH ka-TSEL ve-LO ya-a-MOD
Exegesis
The verse is a compact poetic line built around two similes introduced by the comparative kaf: ke-tsits {כְּצִ֣יץ | kə-ṣîṣ} ‘like a flower’ and ka-tsel {כַ֝צֵּ֗ל | kaṣ-ṣēl} ‘like a shadow’.
Root and etymology
consonantsTsade–Lamed–Lamed
“shadow, shade”
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 14:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 14:2, so the Hebrew word כַּ֝צֵּ֗ל (katsel) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.2.W5.S1) and character.