Job 15:22:4Job.15.22.W4TAB
וצפו
vetsafo
“and watched or they watched”
- Transliteration
- ve-tsa-FO
- Extended
- veh-tsah-FOH
- IPA
- /vɛtsaˈfoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and watched or they watched
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-tsa-FO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-tsa-FO ve-tsa-FU-yi
- clause
ve-tsa-FO ve-tsa-FU-yi HU e-LEI-KHA-rev
- sentence
LO-ya-a-MIN SHUV mi-NI-KHO-shekh ve-tsa-FO ve-tsa-FU-yi HU e-LEI-KHA-rev
Exegesis
The presence of the ketiv form utsfo {וצפו | wṣpw} beside the participle reflects a scribal/reading variation; the participial construction best fits the poem’s terse parallelism and is therefore represented in the English line as an “awaited” fate.
In context — Job 15:22
He does not believe he will return from darkness, and he is awaited for the sword.
About this coordinate
Job 15:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 15:22, so the Hebrew word וצפו (vetsafo) 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.15.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.22.W4.S1) and character.