Job 17:3:7Job.17.3.W7TAB
יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃
yittakea
“will strike, or will give a pledge”
- Transliteration
- yit-ta-KE-a
- Extended
- yih-tah-KEE-ah
- IPA
- /jit.tɔːˈqeː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- will strike, or will give a pledge
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yit-ta-KE-a
- phraseyour reading level
le-ya-DI yit-ta-KE-a
- clause
MI HU le-ya-DI yit-ta-KE-a
- sentence
si-MA-na ar-VE-ni i-MAKH MI HU le-ya-DI yit-ta-KE-a
Exegesis
The final element le-yadi {לְיָדִ֥י | lə-yā-dî} functions as a benefactive (“for my hand,” that is, for my interest/on my side), and the imperfect yitakea {יִתָּקֵֽעַ | yit-tā-qēaʿ} evokes the idiom of striking or clasping hands to ratify an agreement. English renders the sequence as a plea followed by a rhetorical challenge, while keeping the ancient “hand-striking” imagery as a metaphor for assuming liability.
Root and etymology
consonantstav–qof–ayin
“to thrust, clap, strike (hands)”
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 17:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 17:3, so the Hebrew word יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃ (yittakea) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.3.W7.S1) and character.