Job 16:22:2Job.16.22.W2TAB
מִסְפָּ֣ר
mispar
“number”
- Transliteration
- mis-PAR
- Extended
- mihs-PAAR
- IPA
- /misˈpaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- number
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mis-PAR
- clause
ki-she-NOT mis-PAR ye-e-TA-yu
- sentence
ki-she-NOT mis-PAR ye-e-TA-yu ve-O-rakh lo-a-SHUV e-he-LOKH
Exegesis
The construct chain shnot mispar {שְׁנ֣וֹת מִסְפָּ֣ר | šənôṯ mispār} (“years of number”) compresses the idea of a strictly limited lifetime into a tight nominal phrase; English expresses this as “a numbered span of years” (formal) or “a few years” (dynamic) to communicate finitude without preserving an opaque construct.
Root and etymology
ס־פ־רSamekh–Pe–Resh
“to count, recount”
In context — Job 16:22
For only a numbered span of years will come, and I will go on the path from which I will not return.
About this coordinate
Job 16:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 16:22, so the Hebrew word מִסְפָּ֣ר (mispar) 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.16.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.22.W2.S1) and character.