Job 15:5:2Job.15.5.W2TAB
יְאַלֵּ֣ף
yeallef
“it teaches”
- Transliteration
- ye-al-LEF
- Extended
- yeh-ahl-LEHF
- IPA
- /jə.ʔalˈlɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- it teaches
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ye-al-LEF
- clause
KI ye-al-LEF a-VO-ne-kha FI-kha
- sentence
KI ye-al-LEF a-VO-ne-kha FI-kha ve-tiv-KHAR le-SHON a-ru-MIM
Exegesis
The verbal clause begins with yeallef {יְאַלֵּף | yəʾallēp̄} ‘instructs/trains’, and the following noun avonekha {עֲוֺנְךָ | ʿăwōneḵā} functions as the effective subject: “your iniquity” is personified as a teacher that shapes pikhah {פִיךָ | pîḵā} ‘your mouth’, linking inner moral fault to outward speech.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Lamed
“mighty one”
In context — Job 15:5
For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty .
About this coordinate
Job 15:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 15:5, so the Hebrew word יְאַלֵּ֣ף (yeallef) 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.15.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.5.W2.S1) and character.