Job 15:17:1Job.15.17.W1TAB
אֲחַוְךָ֥
akhavekha
“I will show you”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-VE-kha
- Extended
- ah-khah-VEH-khaa
- IPA
- /ʔăħawˈwəχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will show you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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 | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-kha-VE-kha
- clause
a-kha-VE-kha she-MA-li
- sentence
a-kha-VE-kha she-MA-li ve-ZE-kha-ZI-ti va-a-sa-pe-RA
Exegesis
The verse opens with achavkha {אֲחַוְךָ֥ | ʾăḥawwəkā} ‘I will tell you,’ a forward-looking Hiphil form that presents the speaker as taking responsibility to make his point known to the listener.
Root and etymology
consonantschet–vav–heh
“to make known”
In context — Job 15:17
I will tell you; listen to me. And this I have seen, and I will recount.
About this coordinate
Job 15:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 15:17, so the Hebrew word אֲחַוְךָ֥ (akhavekha) 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.15.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.17.W1.S1) and character.