Job 17:14:7Job.17.14.W7TAB
לָֽרִמָּֽה׃
larima
“to the worm”
- Transliteration
- la-ri-MA
- Extended
- laa-rih-MAA
- IPA
- /laː.riˈmːaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the worm
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ri-MA
- clause
i-MI va-a-KHO-ti la-ri-MA
- sentence
la-SHA-khat ka-RA-ti a-VI a-TA i-MI va-a-KHO-ti la-ri-MA
Exegesis
The coordinated sequence immi waakhoti {אִמִּי וַ֝אֲחֹתִי | ʾimmî waʾăḥōtî} ‘my mother and my sister’ is delayed until before the final prepositional phrase larimmah {לָֽרִמָּֽה | lārimmâ} ‘to the worm’, creating a climactic close. Because the second address lacks an explicit copula, English supplies “You are” to preserve the parallel structure and maintain the stark metaphor of decay becoming family.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–mem–mem
“maggot, worm”
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 17:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 17:14, so the Hebrew word לָֽרִמָּֽה׃ (larima) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.14.W7.S1) and character.