Job 16:13:5Job.16.13.W5TAB
כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי
kilyotai
“my kidneys”
- Transliteration
- kil-yo-TAI
- Extended
- kihl-yoh-TAAI
- IPA
- /jəfalˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- my kidneys
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kil-yo-TAI
- phraseyour reading level
ye-fal-LAKH kil-yo-TAI ve-LO yakh-MOL
- clause
ya-SO-bu a-LAI ra-BAV ye-fal-LAKH kil-yo-TAI ve-LO yakh-MOL
- sentence
ya-SO-bu a-LAI ra-BAV ye-fal-LAKH kil-yo-TAI ve-LO yakh-MOL yish-POKH la-A-rets me-re-ra-TI
Exegesis
The body terms kilyotay {כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי | kil-yō-ṯay} ‘my kidneys’ and mererati {מְרֵרָֽתִי | mə-rē-rā-ṯî} ‘my gall’ function as vivid poetic metonymy for inner life and crushed vitality, intensifying the lament through visceral imagery. The English rendering uses a dash and semicolons to mirror the Hebrew’s rapid verbal progression and escalating violence.
In context — Job 16:13
They encircle me—His archers ; He cleaves my kidneys open and shows no pity; He pours out my gall onto the earth.
About this coordinate
Job 16:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 16:13, so the Hebrew word כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי (kilyotai) 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.16.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.13.W5.S1) and character.