Job 16:12:9Job.16.12.W9TAB
לְמַטָּרָֽה׃
lemattara
“as a target”
- Transliteration
- le-mat-TA-RA
- Extended
- leh-maht-TAH-RAA
- IPA
- /ləmat.tˤaːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a target
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-mat-TA-RA
- clause
va-ye-ki-ME-ni LO le-mat-TA-RA
- 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 subsequent vayefatspetseni {וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי | wayəpaṣpəṣēnî} ‘and He crushed me’ continues the vivid chain, culminating in vayekimeni lo lemattarah {וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי ל֝֗וֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה | wayəqîmēnî lô ləmaṭṭārâ} ‘and He set me up for him as a target,’ which combines a causative Hiphil with a purpose‐like complement. The coordinated verbs preserve Hebrew momentum and foreground the deliberate exposure conveyed by lemattarah.
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 16:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Job 16:12, so the Hebrew word לְמַטָּרָֽה׃ (lemattara) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.12.W9.S1) and character.