Job 14:20:2Job.14.20.W2TAB
לָ֭נֶצַח
lanetsakh
“forever”
- Transliteration
- la-NE-tsakh
- Extended
- laa-NEH-tsahkh
- IPA
- /laːˈnɛ.tsɑħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- forever
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-NE-tsakh
- clause
tit-ke-FE-hu la-NE-tsakh va-ya-ha-LOKH
- sentence
tit-ke-FE-hu la-NE-tsakh va-ya-ha-LOKH me-sha-NE pa-NAIV vat-te-shal-LE-khe-hu
Exegesis
The adverbial phrase lanetsach {לָ֭נֶצַח | lā-neṣaḥ} marks unending duration.
Root and etymology
נ־צ־ח
“endurance, perpetuity”
In context — Job 14:20
You overpower him forever , and he goes ; changing his face, You send him away.
About this coordinate
Job 14:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 14:20, so the Hebrew word לָ֭נֶצַח (lanetsakh) 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.14.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.20.W2.S1) and character.