Job 15:14:1Job.15.14.W1TAB
מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ
maenosh
“what is a human”
- Transliteration
- MA-e-NOSH
- Extended
- MAA-eh-NOHSHAKH
- IPA
- /maː.ʔɛˈnoːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is a human
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MA-e-NOSH
- clause
MA-e-NOSH ki-yiz-KE
- sentence
MA-e-NOSH ki-yiz-KE ve-khi-yits-Dak ye-LUD I-sha
Exegesis
The verse is framed as a pair of rhetorical questions, introduced by mah-enosh {מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ | māh-ʾĕnôš} ‘what is a mortal?’, which functions as an exclamatory interrogative highlighting human insignificance.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–nun–shin
“mortal, weak human”
In context — Job 15:14
What is a mortal, that he should be pure ? And one born of a woman , that he should be righteous?
About this coordinate
Job 15:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 15:14, so the Hebrew word מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ (maenosh) 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.15.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.14.W1.S1) and character.