Job 15:8:4Job.15.8.W4TAB
וְתִגְרַ֖ע
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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Word in context
- word
ve-tig-RA
- clause
ve-tig-RA e-LE-kha khakh-MA
- sentence
hav-SOD e-LO-ah tish-MA ve-tig-RA e-LE-kha khakh-MA
Exegesis
The imperfect forms tishma {תִּשְׁמָ֑ע | tišmaʿ} and vetigra {וְתִגְרַ֖ע | wə-tigraʿ} function modally in questions, implying “do you really have the right or ability to do this?”
The vav on vetigra {וְתִגְרַ֖ע | wə-tigraʿ} links a second, parallel accusation: not only presumed access to divine counsel, but also a self-centered hoarding of insight.
Root and etymology
ג־ר־עgimel–resh–ayin
“to diminish, withhold”
In context — Job 15:8
Do you hear in the council of God , and do you withhold wisdom to yourself?
About this coordinate
Job 15:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 15:8, so the Hebrew word וְתִגְרַ֖ע (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.15.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.8.W4.S1) and character.