Job 15:34:5Job.15.34.W5TAB
אָכְלָ֥ה
akhela
“has consumed or eats up”
- Transliteration
- a-khe-LA
- Extended
- aa-kheh-LAA
- IPA
- /ʔɔχəˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- has consumed or eats up
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-khe-LA
- phraseyour reading level
a-khe-LA a-ho-LE-sho-KHAD
- clause
ve-ESH a-khe-LA a-ho-LE-sho-KHAD
- sentence
ki-a-DAHT kha-NEF gal-MUD ve-ESH a-khe-LA a-ho-LE-sho-KHAD
Exegesis
The verb akhlah {אָכְלָה | ʾā-ḵə-lāh} ‘has consumed’ takes fire as its feminine subject and presents the outcome as certain.
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 15:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 15:34, so the Hebrew word אָכְלָ֥ה (akhela) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.34.W5.S1) and character.