Job 17:12:6Job.17.12.W6TAB
מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃
mipenekhoshekh
“from before darkness”
- Transliteration
- mi-pe-NE-KHO-shekh
- Extended
- mih-peh-NEH-KHOH-shehkh
- IPA
- /mip.pəˈneː.ħoˈʃɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- from before darkness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-pe-NE-KHO-shekh
- 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 prepositional complex mipnei-choshekh {מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ | mippənê-ḥōšeḵ} can signal either cause (“because of darkness”) or opposition/proximity (“in the face of darkness”); the rendering “in the face of” preserves the spatial/relational force of “from before” and sustains the irony of light being declared “near” precisely where darkness dominates. The implicit subject “they” is left general, fitting Job’s complaint about others’ perspective without naming them.
Root and etymology
consonantsChet–Shin–Kaf
“darkness”
In context — Job 17:12
They turn night into day; light is near in the face of darkness.
About this coordinate
Job 17:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 17:12, so the Hebrew word מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ (mipenekhoshekh) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.12.W6.S1) and character.