Job 16:8:3Job.16.8.W3TAB
הָיָ֑ה
haya
“it has become”
- Transliteration
- ha-YA
- Extended
- haa-YAA
- IPA
- /haːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it has become
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-YA
- 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 result clause leʿed hayah {לְעֵד הָיָה | lə-ʿēd hā-yāh} ‘became a witness’ casts Job’s wasting body as legal testimony.
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 16:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 16:8, so the Hebrew word הָיָ֑ה (haya) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.8.W3.S1) and character.