Job 17:12:5Job.17.12.W5TAB
קָר֥וֹב
karov
“near”
- Transliteration
- ka-ROV
- Extended
- kaa-ROHV
- IPA
- /qaˈroːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- near
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-ROV
- phraseyour reading level
ka-ROV mi-pe-NE-KHO-shekh
- 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.
In context — Job 17:12
They turn night into day; light is near in the face of darkness.
About this coordinate
Job 17:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 17:12, so the Hebrew word קָר֥וֹב (karov) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.12.W5.S1) and character.