Job 16:4:5Job.16.4.W5TAB
ל֤וּ־יֵ֪שׁ
luyesh
“if there is”
- Transliteration
- lu-YESH
- Extended
- loo-YEESH
- IPA
- /luːˈjeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- if there is
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lu-YESH
- phraseyour reading level
a-dab-BE-ra lu-YESH naf-she-KHEM
- 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 conditional lu-yesh {לוּ־יֵשׁ | lû-yēš} ‘if there were’ frames a counterfactual scenario, specified by the substitution tachat {תַּחַת | taḥat} ‘in place of’ between nafshkhem {נַפְשְׁכֶם | napšəḵem} ‘your life’ and nafshi {נַפְשִׁי | napšî} ‘my life.’
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 16:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 16:4, so the Hebrew word ל֤וּ־יֵ֪שׁ (luyesh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.4.W5.S1) and character.