Job 16:15:1Job.16.15.W1TAB

שַׂ֣ק

sak

sackcloth

Transliteration
SAK
Extended
SAHK
IPA
/ˈsak/

Meaning by language

English
sackcloth

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Qofq — deep k, uvular

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Word in context

  1. word

    SAK

  2. clause

    SAK ta-FAR-ti a-LE gil-DI

  3. sentence

    SAK ta-FAR-ti a-LE gil-DI ve-o-LAL-ti ve-a-FAR kar-NI

Exegesis

The first clause places the object saq {שַׂק | śaq} ‘sackcloth’ before the verb tafarti {תָּפַרְתִּי | tāfar·tî} ‘I have sewn’, giving prominence to the mourning garment as the controlling image; the prepositional phrase aley gildi {עֲלֵי גִלְדִּי | ʿălê gil·dî} ‘upon my skin’ intensifies the lament by making the affliction immediate and bodily.

In contextJob 16:15

I have sewn sackcloth upon my skin, and I have laid my horn in the dust.

About this coordinate

Job 16:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 16:15, so the Hebrew word שַׂ֣ק (sak) 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.16.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.15.W1.S1) and character.