Job 16:8:1Job.16.8.W1TAB
וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי
vatikmeteni
“and you have shriveled me”
- Transliteration
- va-tik-me-TE-ni
- Extended
- vah-tihk-meh-TEE-nee
- IPA
- /vat.tiq.məˈt̪eː.niː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you have shriveled me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
va-tik-me-TE-ni
- clause
va-tik-me-TE-ni le-ED ha-YA
- sentence
va-tik-me-TE-ni le-ED ha-YA va-ya-KAM BI kha-kha-SHI be-fa-NAI ya-a-NE
Exegesis
The verb vatikmeteni {וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי | waṯ-tiq-mə-ṭê-nî} ‘you shriveled me up’ highlights a forceful affliction.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–mem–tet
“to shrivel, to wrinkle”
In context — Job 16:8
And You have shriveled me up, and it has become a witness; my leanness rises up against me and answers before my face.
About this coordinate
Job 16:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 16:8, so the Hebrew word וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי (vatikmeteni) 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.16.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.8.W1.S1) and character.