Job 17:12:4Job.17.12.W4TAB
א֝֗וֹר
or
“light”
- Transliteration
- OR
- Extended
- OHR
- IPA
- /ˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- light
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
OR
- clause
OR ka-ROV mi-pe-NE-KHO-shekh
- sentence
LAI-la le-YOM ya-SI-mu OR ka-ROV mi-pe-NE-KHO-shekh
Exegesis
The second segment places or {אוֹר | ʾôr} ‘light’ before its predicate karov {קָרוֹב | qārōb} ‘near’, a brief verbless clause that heightens immediacy.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Vav–Resh
“light”
In context — Job 17:12
They turn night into day; light is near in the face of darkness.
About this coordinate
Job 17:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 17:12, so the Hebrew word א֝֗וֹר (or) 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.17.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.12.W4.S1) and character.