Job 16:17:2Job.16.17.W2TAB
לֹא־חָמָ֣
lokhamas
“not violence”
- Transliteration
- lo-KHA-MAS
- Extended
- loh-KHAA-MAAS
- IPA
- /loː.ħaːˈmaːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- not violence
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-KHA-MAS
- clause
AL lo-KHA-MAS be-kha-PAI
- sentence
AL lo-KHA-MAS be-kha-PAI u-te-fi-la-TI zak-KHA
Exegesis
The negated unit lo-khamas {לֹא־חָמָ֣ס | lō-ḥāmās} ‘not violence’ denies culpable action, and the following prepositional phrase be-kappay {בְּכַפָּ֑י | bə-kappāy} ‘in my palms’ uses “hands” metonymically for deeds.
In context — Job 16:17
For there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
About this coordinate
Job 16:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 16:17, so the Hebrew word לֹא־חָמָ֣ (lokhamas) 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.16.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.17.W2.S1) and character.