Job 16:10:1Job.16.10.W1TAB

פָּעֲר֬וּ

paaru

they have opened wide

Transliteration
pa-a-RU
Extended
paa-ah-RUU
IPA
/pɑː.ʕăˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
they have opened wide

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
פָּ + עֲ + ר֬וּ
pa + a + ru
paaru

Alphabet Analysis

Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    pa-a-RU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    pa-a-RU a-LAI be-fi-HEM

  3. clause

    pa-a-RU a-LAI be-fi-HEM be-KHER-pa hik-KU le-kha-YAI

  4. sentence

    pa-a-RU a-LAI be-fi-HEM be-KHER-pa hik-KU le-kha-YAI ya-KHAD a-LAI yit-mal-LA-un

Exegesis

The opening perfect verb paaru {פָּעֲר֬וּ | pāʿărû} ‘they have gaped’ is immediately focused by alai {עָלַ֨י | ʿālay} ‘against me,’ and the prepositional phrase befihhem {בְּפִיהֶ֗ם | bə-pî-hem} ‘in their mouth’ paints a vivid image of public derision.

Root and etymology

p-ʿ-rpeh–ayin–resh

to open wide

In contextJob 16:10

They have gaped at me with their mouths; with reproach they have struck my cheeks; together against me they assemble .

About this coordinate

Job 16:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 16:10, so the Hebrew word פָּעֲר֬וּ (paaru) 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.16.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.10.W1.S1) and character.