Job 16:4:10Job.16.4.W10TAB
עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם
alekhem
“against you”
- Transliteration
- a-le-KHEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /ʕă.leːˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- against you
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-le-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
akh-bi-RA a-le-KHEM be-mil-LIM
- clause
a-dab-BE-ra lu-YESH naf-she-KHEM TA-khat naf-SHI akh-bi-RA a-le-KHEM be-mil-LIM
- sentence
GAM a-no-KHI ka-KHEM a-dab-BE-ra lu-YESH naf-she-KHEM TA-khat naf-SHI akh-bi-RA a-le-KHEM be-mil-LIM ve-a-ni-A a-le-KHEM be-MO ro-SHI
Exegesis
The repeated aleykhem {עֲלֵיכֶם | ʿălêḵem} ‘against you’ intensifies the adversarial tone.
In context — Job 16:4
I also could speak like you, if your life were in the place of my life; I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
About this coordinate
Job 16:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Job 16:4, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם (alekhem) 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.16.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.4.W10.S1) and character.