Job 15:20:7Job.15.20.W7TAB
נִצְפְּנ֥וּ
nitspenu
“are stored up or hidden away”
- Transliteration
- nits-pe-NU
- Extended
- nihts-peh-NOO
- IPA
- /nits.pəˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- are stored up or hidden away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nits-pe-NU
- phraseyour reading level
nits-pe-NU le-a-RITS
- 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.
Root and etymology
ts-p-nTsade–Pe–Nun
“to hide, store”
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 15:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 15:20, so the Hebrew word נִצְפְּנ֥וּ (nitspenu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.20.W7.S1) and character.