Job 16:6:5Job.16.6.W5TAB
מַה־מִנִּ֥י
mamini
“what from me”
- Transliteration
- ma-mi-NI
- Extended
- mah-mih-NI
- IPA
- /mah.minˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- what from me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-mi-NI
- phraseyour reading level
ma-mi-NI ya-ha-LOKH
- clause
ve-akh-de-LA ma-mi-NI ya-ha-LOKH
- sentence
im-a-dab-REH lo-ye-kha-SEKH ke-e-VI ve-akh-de-LA ma-mi-NI ya-ha-LOKH
Exegesis
The closing question mah-minni {מַה־מִנִּ֥י | mah-minnî} + yahalokh {יַהֲלֹֽךְ | yăhălōk} functions rhetorically: “what will go away from me?” meaning no portion of his misery actually departs. Because the Hebrew ends with an interrogative clause, the English keeps the question to preserve the emotional force and the sense of futility produced by the parallel structure.
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 16:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 16:6, so the Hebrew word מַה־מִנִּ֥י (mamini) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.6.W5.S1) and character.