Job 16:21:5Job.16.21.W5TAB
לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃
lerehu
“to his friend or neighbor”
- Transliteration
- le-re-HU
- Extended
- leh-ree-HOO
- IPA
- /ləreːˈʕeːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his friend or neighbor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
le-re-HU
- clause
u-VEN-a-DAM le-re-HU
- sentence
ve-yo-KHAKH le-GE-ver IM-e-lo-AH u-VEN-a-DAM le-re-HU
Exegesis
The second colon restates the same advocacy by analogy: uven-adam {וּֽבֶן־אָדָ֥ם | ûḇen-ʾāḏām} ‘and a son of man’ reframes the advocate in purely human terms, and lere'ehu {לְרֵעֵֽהוּ | lə-rēʿēhû} ‘for his friend’ supplies the familiar social setting.
Root and etymology
consonantsResh–Ayin–Heh
“associate”
In context — Job 16:21
And may he plead for a man with God , and a son of man for his friend.
About this coordinate
Job 16:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 16:21, so the Hebrew word לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (lerehu) 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.16.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.21.W5.S1) and character.