Job 16:9:4Job.16.9.W4TAB
חָרַ֣ק
kharak
“he has gnashed”
- Transliteration
- kha-RAK
- Extended
- khaa-RAK
- IPA
- /ħaːˈraq/
Meaning by language
- English
- he has gnashed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-RAK
- phraseyour reading level
kha-RAK a-LAI be-shi-NAIV
- clause
a-PO ta-RAF va-yis-te-ME-ni kha-RAK a-LAI be-shi-NAIV
- sentence
a-PO ta-RAF va-yis-te-ME-ni kha-RAK a-LAI be-shi-NAIV tsa-RI yil-TOSH e-NAIV LI
Exegesis
The next clause stacks kharaq {חָרַ֣ק | ḥāraq} ‘he gnashed’ with the prepositional phrases alay {עָלַ֣י | ʿālay} ‘against me’ and beshinnav {בְּשִׁנָּ֑יו | bəšinnāw} ‘with his teeth’, using vivid bodily imagery to depict rage.
In context — Job 16:9
In his anger he tore me, and he hated me; he gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary sharpens his eyes at me.
About this coordinate
Job 16:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 16:9, so the Hebrew word חָרַ֣ק (kharak) 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.16.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.9.W4.S1) and character.