Job 17:6:2Job.17.6.W2TAB
לִמְשֹׁ֣ל
limshol
“as a proverb or byword”
- Transliteration
- lim-SHOL
- Extended
- lihm-SHOHL
- IPA
- /limˈʃoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a proverb or byword
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lim-SHOL
- clause
ve-hit-si-GA-ni lim-SHOL a-MIM
- sentence
ve-hit-si-GA-ni lim-SHOL a-MIM ve-TO-fet le-fa-NIM e-he-YE
Exegesis
limshol {לִמְשֹׁל | limšōl} is a lamed + infinitive construct indicating purpose or result, marking Job’s status “to be a proverb,” with ammim {עַמִּים | ʿammîm} specifying the broad social scope.
Root and etymology
consonantsmem–shin–lamed
“to be like, to compare”
In context — Job 17:6
And He has set me as a proverb for peoples, and I will be a spitting before their faces.
About this coordinate
Job 17:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 17:6, so the Hebrew word לִמְשֹׁ֣ל (limshol) 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.17.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.6.W2.S1) and character.