Job 17:3:2Job.17.3.W2TAB
עָרְבֵ֣נִי
arveni
“be surety for me”
- Transliteration
- ar-VE-ni
- Extended
- aahr-VEH-nee
- IPA
- /ʕɔːr.ˈveː.niː/
Meaning by language
- English
- be surety for me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ar-VE-ni
- clause
si-MA-na ar-VE-ni i-MAKH
- sentence
si-MA-na ar-VE-ni i-MAKH MI HU le-ya-DI yit-ta-KE-a
Exegesis
It is immediately followed by a second imperative, areveni {עָרְבֵ֣נִי | ʿā-rə-ḇê-nî} ‘be surety for me,’ creating a paired request that frames the problem in legal-economic terms (a pledge and a guarantor).
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–resh–bet
“to pledge, guarantee”
In context — Job 17:3
Set it down, please; be surety for me with you; who is he that will strike hands with me?
About this coordinate
Job 17:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 17:3, so the Hebrew word עָרְבֵ֣נִי (arveni) 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.17.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.3.W2.S1) and character.