Job 15:16:6Job.15.16.W6TAB
עַוְלָֽה׃
avela
“injustice or wrongdoing”
- Transliteration
- a-VE-la
- Extended
- ah-VEH-lah
- IPA
- /ʕavˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- injustice or wrongdoing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VE-la
- phraseyour reading level
kha-ma-YIM a-VE-la
- 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
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Vav–Lamed
“to do wrong”
In context — Job 15:16
Indeed, how much more detestable and corrupt is a man who drinks iniquity like water.
About this coordinate
Job 15:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 15:16, so the Hebrew word עַוְלָֽה׃ (avela) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.16.W6.S1) and character.