Job 17:4:2Job.17.4.W2TAB
צָפַ֣נְתָּ
tsafanta
“you have hidden”
- Transliteration
- tsa-FAN-ta
- Extended
- tsaa-FAHN-taa
- IPA
- /tsaːˈfan.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you have hidden
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-FAN-ta
- clause
ki-LI-bam tsa-FAN-ta mi-SA-khel
- sentence
ki-LI-bam tsa-FAN-ta mi-SA-khel al-KEN LO te-ro-MEM
Exegesis
The perfect verb tsafanta {צָפַ֣נְתָּ | ṣāfanṯā} treats the concealment as completed action, while missekel {מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל | miš-śā-ḵel} ‘from understanding’ uses the assimilated min- prefix to indicate separation from sekel {שָּׂכֶל | śēḵel} ‘discernment’, highlighting withheld insight.
In context — Job 17:4
For You have hidden their heart from understanding ; therefore You will not exalt them.
About this coordinate
Job 17:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 17:4, so the Hebrew word צָפַ֣נְתָּ (tsafanta) 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.17.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.4.W2.S1) and character.