Job 15:11:1Job.15.11.W1TAB
הַמְעַ֣ט
hammeat
“is it too little”
- Transliteration
- ham-ME-at
- Extended
- hahm-MEH-aht
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛ.ʕaṭ/
Meaning by language
- English
- is it too little
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ham-ME-at
- clause
ham-ME-at mim-me-KHA tan-khu-MOT EL
- sentence
ham-ME-at mim-me-KHA tan-khu-MOT EL ve-da-VAR la-AT im-MAKH
Exegesis
The verse opens with hameat {הַמְעַט | haməʿaṭ} ‘is it too little?’, a rhetorical question that frames the whole line as a rebuke.
In context — Job 15:11
Is it too little from you, the consolations of God , and a word spoken softly with you?
About this coordinate
Job 15:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 15:11, so the Hebrew word הַמְעַ֣ט (hammeat) 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.15.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.11.W1.S1) and character.