Job 17:7:2Job.17.7.W2TAB
מִכַּ֣עַשׂ
mikaas
“from vexation or anger”
- Transliteration
- mi-ka-AS
- Extended
- mih-kah-AHS
- IPA
- /mikːaˈʕas/
Meaning by language
- English
- from vexation or anger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-ka-AS
- clause
va-TE-khah mi-ka-AS E-NI
- sentence
va-TE-khah mi-ka-AS E-NI vi-tsu-RAI ka-TSEL ku-LAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mikkaas {מִכַּ֣עַשׂ | mik·ka·ʿaś} ‘from vexation’ functions causally, marking distress as the source of the dimming.
Root and etymology
consonantskaf–ayin–sin
“to vex, provoke, grieve”
In context — Job 17:7
My eye has grown dim from grief, and all my limbs are like a shadow.
About this coordinate
Job 17:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 17:7, so the Hebrew word מִכַּ֣עַשׂ (mikaas) 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.17.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.7.W2.S1) and character.