Job 17:13:4Job.17.13.W4TAB
בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ
bakhoshekh
“in the darkness”
- Transliteration
- ba-KHO-shekh
- Extended
- bah-KHOH-shehkh
- IPA
- /baˈħoː.ʃɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the darkness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ba-KHO-shekh
- clause
ba-KHO-shekh ri-pad-TI ye-tsu-AI
- sentence
im-a-ka-VE she-OL be-TI ba-KHO-shekh ri-pad-TI ye-tsu-AI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bachoshekh {בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ | ba-ḥōšeḵ} ‘in the darkness’ functions adverbially, intensifying the setting with imagery of obscurity and isolation.
Root and etymology
consonantschet–shin–kaf
“darkness”
In context — Job 17:13
If I hope, Sheol is my house; in the darkness I have spread my couch .
About this coordinate
Job 17:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 17:13, so the Hebrew word בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ (bakhoshekh) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.13.W4.S1) and character.