Job 17:8:1Job.17.8.W1TAB
יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ
yashomu
“they will be appalled”
- Transliteration
- ya-SHO-mu
- Extended
- yaa-SHOH-moo
- IPA
- /jaːˈʃom.muː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will be appalled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-SHO-mu
- clause
ya-SHO-mu ye-sha-RIM al-ZOT
- sentence
ya-SHO-mu ye-sha-RIM al-ZOT ve-na-KI al-kha-NEF yit-e-RO-rer
Exegesis
The first clause is verb-initial: yashommu {יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ | yā-šōm-mû} ‘they will be appalled’ precedes the subject yesharim {יְשָׁרִ֣ים | yə-šā-rîm} ‘upright ones,’ giving prominence to the reaction before identifying who reacts.
Root and etymology
sh-m-mshin–mem–mem
“to be desolated”
In context — Job 17:8
The upright will be appalled at this, and the innocent will rouse himself against the godless.
About this coordinate
Job 17:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 17:8, so the Hebrew word יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ (yashomu) 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.17.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.8.W1.S1) and character.