Job 15:16:2Job.15.16.W2TAB
כִּֽי־נִתְעָ֥ב
kiniteav
“that one abhorred”
- Transliteration
- KI-nit-e-AV
- Extended
- KEE-niht-eh-AAV
- IPA
- /kiː.nit.ʕaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- that one abhorred
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KI-nit-e-AV
- clause
AF KI-nit-e-AV ve-ne-e-LAKH
- sentence
AF KI-nit-e-AV ve-ne-e-LAKH ISH-sho-TE kha-ma-YIM a-VE-la
Exegesis
The sequence af + ki-nitav {כִּֽי־נִתְעָ֥ב | kî-niṯ-ʿāḇ} functions idiomatically in an a fortiori argument (“how much more/less”), so the clause is not merely causal but escalatory.
Two Niphal participles, nitav {כִּֽי־נִתְעָ֥ב | kî-niṯ-ʿāḇ} ‘detestable’ and veneelach {וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח | wə-neʾĕlāḥ} ‘corrupt’, form a stacked predicate describing the subject before his characteristic behavior is specified.
Root and etymology
consonantsTav–Ayin–Bet
“to abhor”
In context — Job 15:16
Indeed, how much more detestable and corrupt is a man who drinks iniquity like water.
About this coordinate
Job 15:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 15:16, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־נִתְעָ֥ב (kiniteav) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.16.W2.S1) and character.