Job 16:4:11Job.16.4.W11TAB
בְּמִלִּ֑ים
bemillim
“with words”
- Transliteration
- be-mil-LIM
- Extended
- beh-mihl-LEEM
- IPA
- /bə.milˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with words
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-mil-LIM
- 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
Two parallel Hiphil cohortatives then escalate the hypothetical attack: achbirah {אַחְבִּירָה | ʾaḥbîrāh} ‘I could heap up’ takes bemillim {בְּמִלִּים | bəmillîm} ‘with words,’ and veaniah {וְאָנִיעָה | wəʾānîʿāh} ‘and I would shake’ pairs with bemo roshi {בְּמ֣וֹ רֹאשִׁי | bəmô rōʾšî} as a gesture of contempt.
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 16:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Job 16:4, so the Hebrew word בְּמִלִּ֑ים (bemillim) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.4.W11.S1) and character.