Job 14:9:1Job.14.9.W1TAB
מֵרֵ֣יַּח
mereakh
“from the scent”
- Transliteration
- me-RE-akh
- Extended
- meh-REE-akh
- IPA
- /meːˈreː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the scent
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-RE-akh
- clause
me-RE-akh MA-yim yaf-ri-AKH
- sentence
me-RE-akh MA-yim yaf-ri-AKH ve-a-SA ka-TSIR ke-MO-NA-ta
Exegesis
The verse opens with a fronted prepositional phrase, meryeach {מֵרֵ֣יַּח | mērêaḥ} ‘from scent’, which sets a sensory trigger for the ensuing action.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–yod–chet
“scent”
In context — Job 14:9
At the scent of water it will sprout , and it will produce a shoot like a plant.
About this coordinate
Job 14:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 14:9, so the Hebrew word מֵרֵ֣יַּח (mereakh) 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.14.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.9.W1.S1) and character.