Job 15:20:4Job.15.20.W4TAB
מִתְחוֹלֵ֑ל
mitkholel
“writhes or is in anguish”
- Transliteration
- mit-kho-LEL
- Extended
- mihth-khoh-LEEL
- IPA
- /mit.ħoːˈleːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- writhes or is in anguish
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-kho-LEL
- clause
kol-ye-ME ra-SHA HU mit-kho-LEL
- sentence
kol-ye-ME ra-SHA HU mit-kho-LEL u-mis-PAR sha-NIM nits-pe-NU le-a-RITS
Exegesis
The participle mitholel {מִתְחוֹלֵל | miṯḥôlēl} conveys an ongoing, durative experience rather than a one-time event, fitting the verse’s “all the days” scope.
Root and etymology
kh-w-lChet–Vav–Lamed
“to writhe, tremble”
In context — Job 15:20
All the days of a wicked man, he writhes , and the number of years is hidden for the oppressor .
About this coordinate
Job 15:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 15:20, so the Hebrew word מִתְחוֹלֵ֑ל (mitkholel) 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.15.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.20.W4.S1) and character.