Job 16:11:3Job.16.11.W3TAB
אֶ֣ל
el
“to”
- Transliteration
- EL
- Extended
- ehl
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
EL
- clause
yas-gi-RE-ni EL EL a-VIL
- sentence
yas-gi-RE-ni EL EL a-VIL ve-al-ye-DE re-sha-IM yir-TE-ni
Exegesis
The subject el {אֵ֭ל | ʾēl} ‘God’ is placed after the opening verb, heightening the shock of divine agency within Job’s lament.
The first prepositional phrase el {אֶ֣ל | ʾel} introduces a singular recipient, avil {עֲוִ֑יל | ʿă-wîl} ‘evil one,’ while the second line escalates the threat by shifting to a plural group, reshaim {רְשָׁעִ֣ים | rə-šā-ʿîm} ‘wicked ones,’ framed by the construct chain veal-yedei {וְעַל־יְדֵ֖י | wə-ʿal-yə-ḏê} ‘upon the hands of,’ an idiom for being placed under another’s power. English keeps the parallelism by using two coordinated actions (“gives me over … and hurls/throws me”) and preserves the singular-to-plural movement to reflect intensifying oppression.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–yod–lamed
“mighty, strong”
In context — Job 16:11
God gives me over to the wicked , and hurls me into the hands of wicked people.
About this coordinate
Job 16:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 16:11, so the Hebrew word אֶ֣ל (el) 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.16.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.11.W3.S1) and character.