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

Result
אִישׁ + שֹׁ + תֶ֖ה
ish + sho + te
ishshote

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ISH-sho-TE

  2. clause

    ISH-sho-TE kha-ma-YIM a-VE-la

  3. 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 contextJob 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.