Job 17:8:5Job.17.8.W5TAB
עַל־חָנֵ֥ף
alkhanef
“against the godless one”
- Transliteration
- al-kha-NEF
- Extended
- ahl-khaa-NEHF
- IPA
- /ʕalħɔːˈneːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the godless one
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-kha-NEF
- phraseyour reading level
al-kha-NEF yit-e-RO-rer
- clause
ve-na-KI al-kha-NEF yit-e-RO-rer
- sentence
ya-SHO-mu ye-sha-RIM al-ZOT ve-na-KI al-kha-NEF yit-e-RO-rer
Exegesis
In both clauses, ʿal ‘upon/against’ shifts from cause (al-zot) to opposition (al-khaneph {עַל־חָנֵ֥ף | ʿal-ḥā-nēp̄} ‘against a godless one’), intensifying the movement from shocked perception to active resistance. The English renderings preserve the parallelism (“upright … innocent”) and reflect the shift from emotional upheaval to stirred opposition.
Root and etymology
kh-n-pchet–nun–pe
“to be profane”
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 17:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 17:8, so the Hebrew word עַל־חָנֵ֥ף (alkhanef) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.8.W5.S1) and character.