Job 17:1:4Job.17.1.W4TAB
נִזְעָ֗כוּ
nizekhu
“are cut off or are extinguished”
- Transliteration
- niz-e-KHU
- Extended
- niz-eh-AA-khoo
- IPA
- /niz.ʕaːˈxuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- are cut off or are extinguished
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
niz-e-KHU
- 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
The second colon mirrors the first: yamai {יָמַי | yā-may} “my days” plus nizaku {נִזְעָכוּ | niz-ʿā-qû} “are extinguished” again portrays completion.
In context — Job 17:1
My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; graves are for me.
About this coordinate
Job 17:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 17:1, so the Hebrew word נִזְעָ֗כוּ (nizekhu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.1.W4.S1) and character.