Job 15:14:3Job.15.14.W3TAB
וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק
vekhiyitsdak
“and that he should be righteous”
- Transliteration
- ve-khi-yits-Dak
- Extended
- veh-khee-yits-DAHK
- IPA
- /vəχiː.jitsˈdak/
Meaning by language
- English
- and that he should be righteous
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khi-yits-Dak
- clause
ve-khi-yits-Dak ye-LUD I-sha
- sentence
MA-e-NOSH ki-yiz-KE ve-khi-yits-Dak ye-LUD I-sha
Exegesis
Each question is advanced by a kî + yiqtol pattern: ki-yizkeh {כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּ֑ה | kî-yizkeh} ‘that he should be pure’ parallels ve-ki-yitsdaq {וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק | wə-kî-yiṣdaq} ‘and that he should be righteous’, producing balanced poetic parallelism (purity // righteousness). The yiqtol forms are not simple future here; in an interrogative setting they carry modal force (“could/should”), underscoring the speaker’s skepticism about human moral standing.
Root and etymology
consonantstsade–dalet–qof
“to be right, just”
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 15:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 15:14, so the Hebrew word וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק (vekhiyitsdak) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.14.W3.S1) and character.