Job 15:29:1Job.15.29.W1TAB
לֹֽא־יֶ֭עְשַׁר
loyeashar
“not he will become rich”
- Transliteration
- LO-ye-ASh-ar
- Extended
- LOH-yeh-AH-shahr
- IPA
- /loː.jɛˈʕʃar/
Meaning by language
- English
- not he will become rich
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LO-ye-ASh-ar
- clause
LO-ye-ASh-ar ve-LO-ya-KUM KHEI-lo
- sentence
LO-ye-ASh-ar ve-LO-ya-KUM KHEI-lo ve-LO-yit-TE la-A-rets min-e-LAM
Exegesis
The verse employs a threefold negation introduced by lo-yeashar {לֹֽא־יֶעְשַׁר | lōʾ-yeʿšar} ‘he will not become rich,’ followed by ve-lo-yakum {וְלֹא־יָק֣וּם | wə-lōʾ-yāqûm} ‘and he will not arise,’ where the rising idiom denotes endurance.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Shin–Resh
“to be rich”
In context — Job 15:29
He will not become rich, and his wealth will not stand, and his possessions will not spread over the land.
About this coordinate
Job 15:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 15:29, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־יֶ֭עְשַׁר (loyeashar) 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.15.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.29.W1.S1) and character.