Job 15:4:4Job.15.4.W4TAB
וְתִגְרַ֥ע
vetigra
“and you diminish”
- Transliteration
- ve-tig-RA
- Extended
- veh-tihg-RAH
- IPA
- /vətiɣˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you diminish
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-tig-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-tig-RA si-KHA
- clause
ve-tig-RA si-KHA lif-ne-EL
- sentence
af-a-TA ta-FER yir-A ve-tig-RA si-KHA lif-ne-EL
Exegesis
The second clause is coordinated with vetigra {וְתִגְרַ֥ע | wə-ṯig-raʿ} ‘and you diminish’, forming a tight parallel accusation: not only is reverence canceled, but spiritual speech is reduced.
Root and etymology
ג־ר־עgimel–resh–ayin
“to diminish, withhold”
In context — Job 15:4
Even you annul fear , and you diminish meditation before God .
About this coordinate
Job 15:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 15:4, so the Hebrew word וְתִגְרַ֥ע (vetigra) 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.15.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.4.W4.S1) and character.