Job 16:12:5Job.16.12.W5TAB

בְּ֭עָרְפִּי

bearpi

by my neck or nape

Transliteration
be-ar-PI
Extended
beh-aar-PEE
IPA
/bəʕorˈpiː/

Meaning by language

English
by my neck or nape

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ֭ + עָרְ + פִּי
be + ar + pi
bearpi

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-ar-PI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-a-KHAZ be-ar-PI va-ye-fats-pe-TSEN-ni

  3. clause

    sha-LEV ha-YI-ti va-ye-far-pe-RE-ni ve-a-KHAZ be-ar-PI va-ye-fats-pe-TSEN-ni

  4. 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 disjunctive divider ׀ then introduces a rapid series of wayyiqtol forms: vayefarpereni {וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי | wayəparpərēnî} ‘and He tore me apart,’ veachaz {וְאָחַ֣ז | wəʾāḥaz} ‘and He seized,’ and bearpi {בְּ֭עָרְפִּי | bəʿārep̄î} ‘by my neck.’ These intensive Piel forms heighten the sense of violence.

In contextJob 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 16:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 16:12, so the Hebrew word בְּ֭עָרְפִּי (bearpi) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.12.W5.S1) and character.