Job 15:17:3Job.15.17.W3TAB
וְזֶֽה־חָ֝זִ֗יתִי
vezekhaziti
“and this I have seen”
- Transliteration
- ve-ZE-kha-ZI-ti
- Extended
- veh-ZEH-khaa-ZEE-tee
- IPA
- /wəˈzɛː.ħaːˈziː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and this I have seen
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ZE-kha-ZI-ti
- clause
ve-ZE-kha-ZI-ti va-a-sa-pe-RA
- sentence
a-kha-VE-kha she-MA-li ve-ZE-kha-ZI-ti va-a-sa-pe-RA
Exegesis
The clause vezeh-chaziti {וְזֶֽה־חָ֝זִ֗יתִי | wə-zeh-ḥāzîtî} ‘and this I have seen’ uses a demonstrative (“this”) to foreground the content as specific, while the perfect “I have seen” frames the claim as grounded in completed personal observation.
Root and etymology
consonantschet–zayin–heh
“to see, perceive”
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 15:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 15:17, so the Hebrew word וְזֶֽה־חָ֝זִ֗יתִי (vezekhaziti) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.17.W3.S1) and character.