Job 17:7:5Job.17.7.W5TAB
כַּצֵּ֣ל
katsel
“like the shadow”
- Transliteration
- ka-TSEL
- Extended
- kah-TSEHL
- IPA
- /katsˈsɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the shadow
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-TSEL
- phraseyour reading level
ka-TSEL ku-LAM
- clause
vi-tsu-RAI ka-TSEL ku-LAM
- sentence
va-TE-khah mi-ka-AS E-NI vi-tsu-RAI ka-TSEL ku-LAM
Exegesis
The comparison kattsel {כַּצֵּ֣ל | kat·tsēl} ‘like a shadow’ is a simile of insubstantiality and fading presence, and the closing kullam {כֻלָּֽם | kul·lām} ‘all of them’ reinforces totality, indicating that the weakening affects the entirety of Job’s embodied life.
Root and etymology
consonantstsade–lamed–lamed
“to cast shade, be shadowy”
In context — Job 17:7
My eye has grown dim from grief, and all my limbs are like a shadow.
About this coordinate
Job 17:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 17:7, so the Hebrew word כַּצֵּ֣ל (katsel) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.7.W5.S1) and character.