Job 14:4:2Job.14.4.W2TAB
טָ֭הוֹר
tahor
“clean or pure”
- Transliteration
- ta-HOR
- Extended
- tah-HOHR
- IPA
- /tˤaːˈhoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- clean or pure
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-HOR
- phraseyour reading level
MI-yit-TEN ta-HOR mit-ta-ME
- sentence
MI-yit-TEN ta-HOR mit-ta-ME LO e-KHAD
Exegesis
The predicate tahor {טָ֭הוֹר | ṭāhôr} ‘pure’ stands before the source phrase mittame {מִטָּמֵ֗א | mit·ṭā-mēʾ} ‘from unclean’, highlighting the incongruity of deriving purity from an impure origin.
Root and etymology
consonantstet–heh–resh
“be clean, be pure”
In context — Job 14:4
Who can bring the pure from the impure? Not one .
About this coordinate
Job 14:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 14:4, so the Hebrew word טָ֭הוֹר (tahor) 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.14.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.4.W2.S1) and character.