Job 15:10:1Job.15.10.W1TAB
גַּם־שָׂ֣ב
gamsav
“also gray-haired”
- Transliteration
- gam-SAV
- Extended
- gahm-SAAV
- IPA
- /ɡam.ˈsɔːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- also gray-haired
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gam-SAV
- clause
gam-SAV gam-ya-SHISH BA-nu
- sentence
gam-SAV gam-ya-SHISH BA-nu ka-BIR me-a-VI-kha ya-MIM
Exegesis
The verse uses a paired construction with repeated gam {גַּם | gam} ‘also’ to intensify inclusion: “also gray-haired” and “also very aged,” presenting two overlapping categories to stress the breadth of seniority present.
Root and etymology
consonantsSin–Yod–Bet
“be gray, grow old”
In context — Job 15:10
Both the gray-haired and the very aged are with us , greater in days than your father.
About this coordinate
Job 15:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 15:10, so the Hebrew word גַּם־שָׂ֣ב (gamsav) 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.15.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.10.W1.S1) and character.