Job 16:4:7Job.16.4.W7TAB

תַּ֤חַת

takhat

in place of

Transliteration
TA-khat
Extended
TAH-khaht
IPA
/ˈta.ħat/

Meaning by language

English
in place of

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Result
תַּ֤ + חַת
ta + khat
takhat

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    TA-khat

  2. phraseyour reading level

    TA-khat naf-SHI

  3. clause

    a-dab-BE-ra lu-YESH naf-she-KHEM TA-khat naf-SHI akh-bi-RA a-le-KHEM be-mil-LIM

  4. 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 contextJob 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 16:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 16:4, so the Hebrew word תַּ֤חַת (takhat) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.4.W7.S1) and character.