Job 16:6:1Job.16.6.W1TAB
אִֽם־אֲ֭דַבְּרָה
imadabreh
“if I speak”
- Transliteration
- im-a-dab-REH
- Extended
- ihm-ah-dahb-REH
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʔăðabˈbəraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if I speak
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-a-dab-REH
- clause
im-a-dab-REH lo-ye-kha-SEKH ke-e-VI
- sentence
im-a-dab-REH lo-ye-kha-SEKH ke-e-VI ve-akh-de-LA ma-mi-NI ya-ha-LOKH
Exegesis
The verse is built as a paired conditional dilemma: im-adabberah {אִֽם־אֲ֭דַבְּרָה | ʾim-ʾădabberāh} sets the first protasis (“if I speak”), followed by the negated result lo-yechasekh {לֹא־יֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְ | lō-yeḥāśēk} stating that the outcome does not change. The Niphal verb frames the pain as something not “withheld” or “held back,” so Job portrays suffering as unaffected by his action.
Root and etymology
consonantsdalet–bet–resh
“to speak”
In context — Job 16:6
If I speak, my pain is not withheld; and if I refrain, what from me will depart?
About this coordinate
Job 16:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 16:6, so the Hebrew word אִֽם־אֲ֭דַבְּרָה (imadabreh) 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.16.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.6.W1.S1) and character.