Job 16:15:7Job.16.15.W7TAB
קַרְנִֽי׃
karni
“my horn”
- Transliteration
- kar-NI
- Extended
- kahr-NEE
- IPA
- /qarˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my horn
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Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kar-NI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-FAR kar-NI
- clause
ve-o-LAL-ti ve-a-FAR kar-NI
- sentence
SAK ta-FAR-ti a-LE gil-DI ve-o-LAL-ti ve-a-FAR kar-NI
Exegesis
The second clause uses a compact prepositional phrase beafar {בֶעָפָר | bə·ʿā·fār} ‘in the dust’ followed by the object qarni {קַרְנִי | qar·nî} ‘my horn’, a poetic metaphor for strength and public standing; placing ‘in the dust’ before ‘my horn’ highlights the location of disgrace and the reversal from honor to abasement. The Polel perfect veolalti carries a semantic range including ‘defile’, ‘lay low’, or ‘press down’. The formal choice ‘laid’ and dynamic ‘pressed’ emphasize the humiliation aspect rather than moral corruption. The English renderings preserve the concrete imagery while capturing the sense of bodily affliction and social abasement.
In context — Job 16:15
I have sewn sackcloth upon my skin, and I have laid my horn in the dust.
About this coordinate
Job 16:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 16:15, so the Hebrew word קַרְנִֽי׃ (karni) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.15.W7.S1) and character.