Job 17:16:2Job.17.16.W2TAB
שְׁאֹ֣ל
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-OL
- clause
bad-DE she-OL te-RAD-ne
- sentence
bad-DE she-OL te-RAD-ne im-YA-khad al-a-FAR NA-khat
Exegesis
The verse opens with the fronted construct chain baddei sheol {בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל | baddê šĕʾôl} ‘bars of Sheol,’ foregrounding the place of descent before the verb tērādnāh {תֵּרַדְנָה | tērādnāh} ‘will it go down’ and intensifying the imagery of confinement. Although tērādnāh is a third person feminine plural form, the context renders it singular “it,” referring to Job’s hope. The interrogative structure continues into the second clause, framing a parallel question rather than a temporal statement.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–aleph–lamed
“underworld region”
In context — Job 17:16
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol ? Shall we rest together in the dust?
About this coordinate
Job 17:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 17:16, so the Hebrew word שְׁאֹ֣ל (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.17.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.16.W2.S1) and character.