Job 14:7:4Job.14.7.W4TAB
תִּ֫קְוָ֥ה
tikva
“hope”
- Transliteration
- tik-VA
- Extended
- tihk-VAA
- IPA
- /tiqˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hope
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tik-VA
- phraseyour reading level
tik-VA im-yi-KA-ret ve-OD ya-kha-LIF
- clause
KI YESH la-ETS tik-VA im-yi-KA-ret ve-OD ya-kha-LIF
- sentence
KI YESH la-ETS tik-VA im-yi-KA-ret ve-OD ya-kha-LIF ve-yo-nak-TO LO te-KHED-dal
Exegesis
The existential yesh {יֵשׁ | yēš} ‘there is’ introduces a verbless clause whose focus is the existence of tiqvah {תִּקְוָה | tiqvâ} ‘hope’ for la'ets {לָעֵץ | lā-ʿēṣ} ‘for the tree’, using lamed to express advantage (“for the tree”).
Root and etymology
consonantsqof–vav–heh
“wait, hope”
In context — Job 14:7
For there is hope for a tree; if it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoot will not cease.
About this coordinate
Job 14:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 14:7, so the Hebrew word תִּ֫קְוָ֥ה (tikva) 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.14.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.7.W4.S1) and character.