Job 15:28:9Job.15.28.W9TAB
לְגַלִּֽים׃
legallim
“for heaps”
- Transliteration
- le-gal-LIM
- Extended
- leh-gahl-LEEM
- IPA
- /ləɣalˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for heaps
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-gal-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
hit-a-te-DU le-gal-LIM
- clause
a-SHER hit-a-te-DU le-gal-LIM
- sentence
va-yish-KON A-rim ni-khe-KHA-dot ba-TIM lo-YE-she-vu LA-mo a-SHER hit-a-te-DU le-gal-LIM
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer hitʿattədû ləgallîm {אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים | ʾăšer hitʿattədû ləgallîm} modifies ‘houses,’ presenting their end-state as pre-decided: they are ‘made ready’ for ‘heaps,’ with lə- marking purpose/result. In English, the Hebrew’s paratactic piling of place-descriptions is rendered with balanced phrases (‘in … cities …, in … houses …’) so the parallelism remains audible while the relative clause is clarified as referring specifically to the houses.
Root and etymology
ג־ל־ל
“heap, pile”
In context — Job 15:28
And he dwells in desolated cities, in houses which no one inhabits, which have been made ready for heaps .
About this coordinate
Job 15:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Job 15:28, so the Hebrew word לְגַלִּֽים׃ (legallim) 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.15.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.28.W9.S1) and character.