Job 16:22:4Job.16.22.W4TAB
וְאֹ֖רַח
veorakh
“and a path”
- Transliteration
- ve-O-rakh
- Extended
- veh-OH-rahkh
- IPA
- /wəˈʔoː.raħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a path
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-O-rakh
- clause
ve-O-rakh lo-a-SHUV e-he-LOKH
- sentence
ki-she-NOT mis-PAR ye-e-TA-yu ve-O-rakh lo-a-SHUV e-he-LOKH
Exegesis
The second clause is joined by vav in veorach {וְאֹ֖רַח | wəʾōraḥ}, shifting from time to destination: “and (a) path.”
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 16:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 16:22, so the Hebrew word וְאֹ֖רַח (veorakh) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.22.W4.S1) and character.