Job 15:7:6Job.15.7.W6TAB

חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃

kholalta

you were brought forth

Transliteration
kho-LAL-ta
Extended
khoh-LAHL-tah
IPA
/ħoːˈlaltaː/

Meaning by language

English
you were brought forth

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
חוֹ + לָֽלְ + תָּ׃
kho + lal + ta
kholalta

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    kho-LAL-ta

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ge-va-OT kho-LAL-ta

  3. clause

    ve-lif-NE ge-va-OT kho-LAL-ta

  4. sentence

    ha-ri-SHON a-DAM ti-va-LED ve-lif-NE ge-va-OT kho-LAL-ta

Exegesis

The final cholalta {חוֹלָלְתָּ | ḥôlālətā} ‘were you brought forth’ echoes the first passive verb with a different stem, tightening the parallelism and heightening the irony: the addressee is neither the first human nor older than the ancient landscape.

Root and etymology

consonantsChet–Vav–Lamed

to writhe, bring forth

In contextJob 15:7

Were you born as the first man? Or were you brought forth before the hills?

About this coordinate

Job 15:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 15:7, so the Hebrew word חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃ (kholalta) 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.15.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.7.W6.S1) and character.