Job 15:18:5Job.15.18.W5TAB
מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃
meavotam
“from their fathers”
- Transliteration
- me-a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- mee-ah-voh-TAAM
- IPA
- /meː.ʔă.voːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from their fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-a-vo-TAM
- clause
ve-LO khi-kha-DU me-a-vo-TAM
- sentence
a-sher-kha-kha-MIM ya-GI-du ve-LO khi-kha-DU me-a-vo-TAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase meavotam {מֵאֲבוֹתָם | mē-ʾăḇōṯām} marks source and lineage, framing the content as tradition transmitted within an ancestral chain. English rendering keeps the relative-clause feel (“What…”) and preserves the parallelism between “declare” and “not hide,” while supplying a minimal implied object (“it”) only where English requires it for coherence.
In context — Job 15:18
What wise men declare, they do not hide from their fathers.
About this coordinate
Job 15:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 15:18, so the Hebrew word מֵאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ (meavotam) 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.15.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.18.W5.S1) and character.