Job 15:34:2Job.15.34.W2TAB
חָנֵ֣ף
khanef
“a godless one or profane person”
- Transliteration
- kha-NEF
- Extended
- khaa-NEHF
- IPA
- /ħaːˈneːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- a godless one or profane person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-NEF
- clause
ki-a-DAHT kha-NEF gal-MUD
- sentence
ki-a-DAHT kha-NEF gal-MUD ve-ESH a-khe-LA a-ho-LE-sho-KHAD
Exegesis
The construct phrase adat khanef {עֲדַת חָנֵף | ʿăḏaṯ ḥā-nēp̄} forms a tight genitive relationship (“assembly characterized by the godless”), and the predicate adjective galmud {גַּלְמוּד | gal-mûḏ} ‘desolate’ states their end with abrupt finality.
Root and etymology
consonantsChet–Nun–Pe
“to be profane”
In context — Job 15:34
For the company of the godless is desolate, and fire has consumed the tents of bribery.
About this coordinate
Job 15:34:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 15:34, so the Hebrew word חָנֵ֣ף (khanef) 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.15.34.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.34.W2.S1) and character.