Job 17:5:3Job.17.5.W3TAB
רֵעִ֑ים
reim
“friends”
- Transliteration
- re-IM
- Extended
- reh-EEM
- IPA
- /rɛˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- friends
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-IM
- clause
le-KHE-lek ya-GID re-IM
- sentence
le-KHE-lek ya-GID re-IM ve-e-NE va-NA-v tik-le-NA
Exegesis
The verb yaggid {יַגִּיד | yag-gîḏ} ‘he makes known’ takes reim {רֵעִים | rē-‘îm} ‘friends’ as its object; in context, “making known” concerns reporting information about companions in a way that harms them, so English expresses the implied adversative force with “inform against / inform on,” while staying anchored to the core sense “tell, report.”
In context — Job 17:5
He who informs against friends for a share, even the eyes of his sons will fail.
About this coordinate
Job 17:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 17:5, so the Hebrew word רֵעִ֑ים (reim) 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.17.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.5.W3.S1) and character.