Job 16:20:2Job.16.20.W2TAB
רֵעָ֑י
reai
“my friend or companion”
- Transliteration
- re-AI
- Extended
- reh-AAI
- IPA
- /reːˈʕaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my friend or companion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-AI
- clause
me-li-TSI re-AI
- sentence
me-li-TSI re-AI el-e-lo-AH dal-fe-FA e-NI
Exegesis
The poetic construct begins with two parallel nominative constructs melitsai {מְלִיצַ֥י | məlîṣay} ‘my intercessors’ and reiay {רֵעָ֑י | rēʿay} ‘my friends’, forming an ironic apposition.
Root and etymology
consonantsResh–Ayin–Heh
“associate”
In context — Job 16:20
My mockers are my friends; to God my eye drips.
About this coordinate
Job 16:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 16:20, so the Hebrew word רֵעָ֑י (reai) 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.16.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.20.W2.S1) and character.