Job 16:12:1Job.16.12.W1TAB
שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו
shalev
“at ease or quiet”
- Transliteration
- sha-LEV
- Extended
- shaa-LEEV
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈleːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- at ease or quiet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LEV
- clause
sha-LEV ha-YI-ti va-ye-far-pe-RE-ni ve-a-KHAZ be-ar-PI va-ye-fats-pe-TSEN-ni
- sentence
sha-LEV ha-YI-ti va-ye-far-pe-RE-ni ve-a-KHAZ be-ar-PI va-ye-fats-pe-TSEN-ni va-ye-ki-ME-ni LO le-mat-TA-RA
Exegesis
The verse opens with a verbless‐predicate expression shalev hayiti {שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו הָיִ֨יתִי | šālēw hāyîṯî} ‘at ease I was,’ emphasizing Job’s former state.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–lamed–vav
“to be at rest”
In context — Job 16:12
I was at ease , but He tore me apart; He seized me by my neck and crushed me, and He set me up for Himself as a target .
About this coordinate
Job 16:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 16:12, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו (shalev) 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.16.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.12.W1.S1) and character.