Job 17:13:1Job.17.13.W1TAB
אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה
imakave
“if I hope”
- Transliteration
- im-a-ka-VE
- Extended
- ihm-ah-kah-VEH
- IPA
- /ʔim.ʔăqawˈwɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if I hope
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-a-ka-VE
- clause
im-a-ka-VE she-OL be-TI
- sentence
im-a-ka-VE she-OL be-TI ba-KHO-shekh ri-pad-TI ye-tsu-AI
Exegesis
The verse is a compact poetic conditional clause headed by im-aqavveh {אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה | ʾim-ʾăqawweh} ‘if I hope’, which frames Job’s expectation as a grim hypothetical.
Root and etymology
consonantsqof–vav–heh
“to wait, hope”
In context — Job 17:13
If I hope, Sheol is my house; in the darkness I have spread my couch .
About this coordinate
Job 17:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 17:13, so the Hebrew word אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה (imakave) 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.17.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.13.W1.S1) and character.