Job 14:7:5Job.14.7.W5TAB
אִֽם־יִ֭כָּרֵת
imyikaret
“if it is cut down”
- Transliteration
- im-yi-KA-ret
- Extended
- ihm-yih-KAA-reet
- IPA
- /ʔim.jiˈkːaː.reːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- if it is cut down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-yi-KA-ret
- 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
A conditional protasis begins with im-yikkaret {אִם־יִכָּרֵת | ʾim-yiqqārēt} ‘if it is cut down’, where the Niphal highlights the tree as the affected object of an external act.
Root and etymology
consonantskaf–resh–tav
“cut off”
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 14:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 14:7, so the Hebrew word אִֽם־יִ֭כָּרֵת (imyikaret) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.7.W5.S1) and character.