Job 15:27:3Job.15.27.W3TAB
בְּחֶלְבּ֑וֹ
bekhelvo
“with his fat”
- Transliteration
- be-KHEL-vo
- Extended
- beh-KHEL-voh
- IPA
- /bəˈħɛl.voː/
Meaning by language
- English
- with his fat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KHEL-vo
- clause
ki-khis-SA pa-NAV be-KHEL-vo
- sentence
ki-khis-SA pa-NAV be-KHEL-vo va-ya-AS pi-MA a-LEI-kha-SEL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bechelbo {בְּחֶלְבּוֹ | bəḥelbô} ‘with his fat’ supplies the means by which the “covering” occurs, intensifying the picture of being enveloped.
Root and etymology
ch-l-vchet–lamed–bet
“fat, richness”
In context — Job 15:27
For he has covered his face with fat , and he has made thickness upon his flanks .
About this coordinate
Job 15:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 15:27, so the Hebrew word בְּחֶלְבּ֑וֹ (bekhelvo) 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.15.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.27.W3.S1) and character.