Job 16:18:4Job.16.18.W4TAB
וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י
vealyehi
“and let not there be”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-ye-HI
- Extended
- veh-ahl-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /vəʔal.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and let not there be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-al-ye-HI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-al-ye-HI ma-KOM
- clause
ve-al-ye-HI ma-KOM le-za-a-ka-TI
- 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 16:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 16:18, so the Hebrew word וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י (vealyehi) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.18.W4.S1) and character.