Job 17:6:4Job.17.6.W4TAB
וְתֹ֖פֶת
vetofet
“and a spitting”
- Transliteration
- ve-TO-fet
- Extended
- veh-TOH-feht
- IPA
- /vəˈtoː.fɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a spitting
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-TO-fet
- clause
ve-TO-fet le-fa-NIM e-he-YE
- sentence
ve-hit-si-GA-ni lim-SHOL a-MIM ve-TO-fet le-fa-NIM e-he-YE
Exegesis
The second cola parallels the first with vetophet {וְתֹפֶת | wə-ṭōp̄eṯ}, a noun of shame, followed by lefanim {לְפָנִים | lə-pānîm}, a locative plural phrase emphasizing public, face-to-face humiliation.
Root and etymology
consonantstav–pe–tav
“spitting, object of spitting”
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 17:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 17:6, so the Hebrew word וְתֹ֖פֶת (vetofet) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.6.W4.S1) and character.