Job 14:6:5Job.14.6.W5TAB
כְּשָׂכִ֥יר
kesakhir
“like a hired worker”
- Transliteration
- ke-sa-KHIR
- Extended
- keh-saa-KHIIR
- IPA
- /kəsaːˈxiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a hired worker
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-sa-KHIR
- phraseyour reading level
ke-sa-KHIR YO-mo
- clause
ad-yir-TSE ke-sa-KHIR YO-mo
- sentence
she-E me-a-LAV ve-ye-kh-DAL ad-yir-TSE ke-sa-KHIR YO-mo
Exegesis
The simile introduced by kesakhir {כְשָׂכִיר | kə-śā-ḵîr} ‘like a hired laborer’ frames human life as contracted work with a set limit, clarified by yomo {יוֹמוֹ | yô-mô} ‘his day’ as the worker’s bounded period. In English, the imperative-plus-jussive flow is rendered as a petition (“Look away ... and let him ...”), and the ad-clause is kept as “until” to preserve the limit-setting force; ad-yirtseh can be heard as “be satisfied” or, by extension in this labor image, “finish out” the assigned span.
Root and etymology
consonantsSin–Kaf–Resh
“to hire, pay wages”
In context — Job 14:6
Look away from him, and let him cease, until he is satisfied like a hired worker with his day.
About this coordinate
Job 14:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 14:6, so the Hebrew word כְּשָׂכִ֥יר (kesakhir) 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.14.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.6.W5.S1) and character.