Job 16:14:6Job.16.14.W6TAB
כְּגִבּֽוֹר׃
kegibbor
“like a mighty man or warrior”
- Transliteration
- ke-gib-BOR
- Extended
- keh-gihb-BOHR
- IPA
- /kəɣibˈboːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a mighty man or warrior
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ke-gib-BOR
- phraseyour reading level
a-LAI ke-gib-BOR
- clause
ya-RUTS a-LAI ke-gib-BOR
- sentence
yif-re-TSE-ni PE-rets al-pe-NEI-fa-RETS ya-RUTS a-LAI ke-gib-BOR
Exegesis
The final simile kegibbor {כְּגִבּֽוֹר | kəgibbôr} ‘like a mighty man’ frames the attack in martial terms, so the English renderings preserve the parallel two-clause structure and the piling effect of the repeated “breach” imagery.
Root and etymology
consonantsgimel–bet–resh
“to be strong, prevail”
In context — Job 16:14
He breaks through me with breach upon breach; He runs upon me like a mighty man .
About this coordinate
Job 16:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 16:14, so the Hebrew word כְּגִבּֽוֹר׃ (kegibbor) 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.16.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.14.W6.S1) and character.