Job 17:15:1Job.17.15.W1TAB
וְ֭אַיֵּה
veaiye
“and where”
- Transliteration
- ve-AI-ye
- Extended
- veh-AI-yeh
- IPA
- /wəˈʔaj.jeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and where
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AI-ye
- clause
ve-AI-ye E-fo tik-va-TI
- sentence
ve-AI-ye E-fo tik-va-TI ve-tik-va-TI MI ye-shu-RE-na
Exegesis
The verse is built as a pair of rhetorical questions, opened by ve'ayyeh {וְ֭אַיֵּה | wə-ʾayyēh} ‘and where?’ which signals lament and forces the reader to face the absence of an answer.
In context — Job 17:15
And where, then , is my hope? And my hope, who will see it?
About this coordinate
Job 17:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 17:15, so the Hebrew word וְ֭אַיֵּה (veaiye) 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.17.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.15.W1.S1) and character.