Job 17:1:2Job.17.1.W2TAB
חֻ֭בָּלָה
khubala
“is ruined or is destroyed”
- Transliteration
- khu-ba-LA
- Extended
- khu-bah-LAA
- IPA
- /ħub.baːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is ruined or is destroyed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khu-ba-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ru-KHI khu-ba-LA ya-MAI niz-e-KHU
- sentence
ru-KHI khu-ba-LA ya-MAI niz-e-KHU ke-va-RIM LI
Exegesis
In the first colon, ruhi {רוּחִי | rûḥî} “my spirit” serves as subject, with hubbalah {חֻבָּלָה | ḥub-bā-lāh} “is broken” presenting a stark passive-result state; Hebrew omits a copula for immediacy.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–bet–lamed
“to ruin, damage”
In context — Job 17:1
My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; graves are for me.
About this coordinate
Job 17:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 17:1, so the Hebrew word חֻ֭בָּלָה (khubala) 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.17.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.1.W2.S1) and character.