Job 15:11:3Job.15.11.W3TAB
תַּנְחֻמ֣וֹת
tankhumot
“comforts”
- Transliteration
- tan-khu-MOT
- Extended
- tahn-khuh-MOHT
- IPA
- /tan.ħuˈmoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- comforts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tan-khu-MOT
- 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 construct chain tanchumot el {תַּנְחֻמוֹת אֵל | tanḥumôṯ ʾēl} ‘consolations of God’ presents the comforts as belonging to God, heightening the seriousness of treating them as insignificant.
Root and etymology
consonantsNun–Chet–Mem
“to comfort, console”
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 15:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 15:11, so the Hebrew word תַּנְחֻמ֣וֹת (tankhumot) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.11.W3.S1) and character.