Job 16:18:2Job.16.18.W2TAB
אַל־תְּכַסִּ֣י
altekhasi
“do not cover”
- Transliteration
- al-te-kha-SI
- Extended
- ahl-teh-khah-SEE
- IPA
- /ʔal.tə.xasˈsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not cover
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-te-kha-SI
- clause
E-rets al-te-kha-SI da-MI
- sentence
E-rets al-te-kha-SI da-MI ve-al-ye-HI ma-KOM le-za-a-ka-TI
Exegesis
Two negative jussive clauses follow: ʾal-təḵassî {אַל־תְּכַסִּ֣י | ʾal-təḵassî} ‘do not cover’ addresses the earth directly (second person feminine singular), while wəʾal-yəhî {וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י | wəʾal-yəhî} ‘and do not let there be’ shifts to an impersonal prohibition (third person jussive) that extends the request beyond concealment to the absence of any “place” where the cry might settle.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–yod–lamed
“mighty, strong”
In context — Job 16:18
Earth, do not cover my blood, and do not let there be a place for my cry.
About this coordinate
Job 16:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 16:18, so the Hebrew word אַל־תְּכַסִּ֣י (altekhasi) 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.16.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.18.W2.S1) and character.