Job 17:4:3Job.17.4.W3TAB
מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל
misakhel
“from understanding”
- Transliteration
- mi-SA-khel
- Extended
- mih-SAA-khehl
- IPA
- /mis.saːˈxɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- from understanding
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-SA-khel
- 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.
Root and etymology
RootSin–Kaf–Lamed
“insight”
In context — Job 17:4
For You have hidden their heart from understanding ; therefore You will not exalt them.
About this coordinate
Job 17:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 17:4, so the Hebrew word מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל (misakhel) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.4.W3.S1) and character.