Job 15:2:3Job.15.2.W3TAB
דַֽעַת־ר֑וּחַ
daatruakh
“knowledge of wind or windy knowledge”
- Transliteration
- DA-at-RU-akh
- Extended
- DAH-aht-ROO-akh
- IPA
- /ˈda.ʕat.ruːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- knowledge of wind or windy knowledge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
DA-at-RU-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ya-a-NE DA-at-RU-akh
- clause
he-kha-KHAM ya-a-NE DA-at-RU-akh
- sentence
he-kha-KHAM ya-a-NE DA-at-RU-akh vi-ya-mal-LE ka-DIM bit-NO
Exegesis
The construct chain daat-ruach {דַֽעַת־ר֑וּחַ | daʿat-ruaḥ} ‘knowledge of wind’ presents “knowledge” as belonging to “wind,” creating an ironic image of insubstantial, ungraspable content; the syntax intentionally lets the metaphor define the quality of the “knowledge.”
Root and etymology
consonantsresh–vav–chet
“wind, breath”
In context — Job 15:2
Should a wise man answer with knowledge of wind, and fill his belly with the east wind?
About this coordinate
Job 15:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 15:2, so the Hebrew word דַֽעַת־ר֑וּחַ (daatruakh) 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.15.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.2.W3.S1) and character.