Job 15:21:3Job.15.21.W3TAB
בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹם
bashalom
“in peace or in well-being”
- Transliteration
- ba-sha-LOM
- Extended
- bah-shah-LOHM
- IPA
- /baʃ.ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in peace or in well-being
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-sha-LOM
- clause
ba-sha-LOM sho-DED ye-VO-e-NU
- sentence
KOL-pe-kha-DIM be-oz-NAIV ba-sha-LOM sho-DED ye-VO-e-NU
Exegesis
The next prepositional phrase bashalom {בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹם | baššālôm} ‘in the peace’ functions adverbially, setting an ironic circumstance: danger intrudes precisely when conditions appear secure.
In context — Job 15:21
A sound of terrors is in his ears; in peace, a destroyer will come upon him.
About this coordinate
Job 15:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 15:21, so the Hebrew word בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹם (bashalom) 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.15.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.21.W3.S1) and character.