Job 15:16:4Job.15.16.W4TAB
אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶ֖ה
ishshote
“a man drinking”
- Transliteration
- ISH-sho-TE
- Extended
- EESH-shoh-TEH
- IPA
- /ʔiːʃ.ʃoːˈtɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man drinking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH-sho-TE
- clause
ISH-sho-TE kha-ma-YIM a-VE-la
- sentence
AF KI-nit-e-AV ve-ne-e-LAKH ISH-sho-TE kha-ma-YIM a-VE-la
Exegesis
The compound ish-shoteh {אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶ֖ה | ʾîš-šōṯeh} ‘a man drinking’ uses a participle to portray a settled pattern rather than a single act.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Tav–Heh
“to drink”
In context — Job 15:16
Indeed, how much more detestable and corrupt is a man who drinks iniquity like water.
About this coordinate
Job 15:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 15:16, so the Hebrew word אִישׁ־שֹׁתֶ֖ה (ishshote) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.16.W4.S1) and character.