Job 17:13:2Job.17.13.W2TAB
שְׁא֣וֹל
sheol
“Sheol”
- Transliteration
- she-OL
- Extended
- sheh-OHL
- IPA
- /ʃəˈʔoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sheol
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-OL
- 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 verbless identification sheol beiti {שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתִ֑י | šəʾôl bêṯî} ‘Sheol (is) my house’ uses a stark nominal equation to present the realm of death as his only dwelling.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–aleph–lamed
“to ask”
In context — Job 17:13
If I hope, Sheol is my house; in the darkness I have spread my couch .
About this coordinate
Job 17:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 17:13, so the Hebrew word שְׁא֣וֹל (sheol) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.13.W2.S1) and character.