Job 17:14:1Job.17.14.W1TAB
לַשַּׁ֣חַת
lashakhat
“to the pit”
- Transliteration
- la-SHA-khat
- Extended
- lah-SHAH-khaht
- IPA
- /laˈʃaħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the pit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-SHA-khat
- clause
la-SHA-khat ka-RA-ti a-VI a-TA
- sentence
la-SHA-khat ka-RA-ti a-VI a-TA i-MI va-a-KHO-ti la-ri-MA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the fronted prepositional phrase lashakhat {לַשַּׁ֣חַת | laššaḥaṯ} ‘to the pit’, which sets the addressee before the main verb.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–chet–tav
“to ruin, destroy”
In context — Job 17:14
To the pit I have called, “You are my father”; and to the worm , “You are my mother and my sister.”
About this coordinate
Job 17:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 17:14, so the Hebrew word לַשַּׁ֣חַת (lashakhat) 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.17.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.14.W1.S1) and character.