Job 15:20:5Job.15.20.W5TAB
וּמִסְפַּ֥ר
umispar
“and a number of”
- Transliteration
- u-mis-PAR
- Extended
- oo-mihs-PAHR
- IPA
- /uːmisˈpar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a number of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mis-PAR
- phraseyour reading level
u-mis-PAR sha-NIM
- clause
u-mis-PAR sha-NIM nits-pe-NU le-a-RITS
- sentence
kol-ye-ME ra-SHA HU mit-kho-LEL u-mis-PAR sha-NIM nits-pe-NU le-a-RITS
Exegesis
The second clause is linked with vav in u-mispar {וּמִסְפַּר | û-mispar}, creating a parallel assertion: a quantified but unspecified “number of years” stands as the subject, and the Niphal perfect nitspenu {נִצְפְּנוּ | niṣpənû} presents those years as already “hidden/stored” in a settled state.
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 15:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 15:20, so the Hebrew word וּמִסְפַּ֥ר (umispar) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.20.W5.S1) and character.