Job 15:16:1Job.15.16.W1TAB

אַ֭ף

af

indeed or how much more

Transliteration
AF
Extended
AHF
IPA
/ʔaf/

Meaning by language

English
indeed or how much more

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Pe Sofitfinal form of Pe — at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    AF

  2. clause

    AF KI-nit-e-AV ve-ne-e-LAKH

  3. sentence

    AF KI-nit-e-AV ve-ne-e-LAKH ISH-sho-TE kha-ma-YIM a-VE-la

Exegesis

The line opens with af {אַ֭ף | ʾap̄} ‘indeed’, an intensifier that pushes a conclusion forward.

In contextJob 15:16

Indeed, how much more detestable and corrupt is a man who drinks iniquity like water.

About this coordinate

Job 15:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 15:16, so the Hebrew word אַ֭ף (af) 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.15.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.16.W1.S1) and character.