Job 17:2:4Job.17.2.W4TAB
וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗ם
uvehammerotam
“and in their provokings”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-ham-me-ro-TAM
- Extended
- oo-veh-hahm-meh-roh-TAAM
- IPA
- /u.və.ham.mə.roːˈt̪aːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in their provokings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ve-ham-me-ro-TAM
- clause
u-ve-ham-me-ro-TAM ta-LAN E-NI
- sentence
im-LO ha-tu-LIM i-ma-DI u-ve-ham-me-ro-TAM ta-LAN E-NI
Exegesis
The conjunction u {וּ | û} coordinates a second clause introduced by the prepositional phrase vehamerotam {בְהַמְּרוֹתָם | bə-ham-mə-rô-ṯām} ‘in their provocations’, specifying the sphere in which the following action occurs.
In context — Job 17:2
Are there not mockers with me, and does not my eye lodge in their provocations , ?
About this coordinate
Job 17:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 17:2, so the Hebrew word וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗ם (uvehammerotam) 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.17.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.2.W4.S1) and character.