Job 17:9:4Job.17.9.W4TAB
וּֽטֳהָר־יָ֝דַ֗יִם
utoharyadayim
“and one clean of hands”
- Transliteration
- u-to-HAR-ya-DA-yim
- Extended
- oo-toh-HAAR-yaa-DAH-yihm
- IPA
- /u.tɔ̆ˈhaːr.jaːˈda.jim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and one clean of hands
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-to-HAR-ya-DA-yim
- clause
u-to-HAR-ya-DA-yim yo-SIF O-mets
- sentence
ve-yo-KHEZ tsa-DIK dar-KO u-to-HAR-ya-DA-yim yo-SIF O-mets
Exegesis
The second colon begins with the construct chain utohar-yadayim {וּֽטֳהָר־יָ֝דַ֗יִם | ûṭohār-yādayim} ‘purity of hands’, a metonymy in which “hands” represent deeds; this phrase functions as a substantive (“the clean-handed”).
Root and etymology
consonantsTet–Heh–Resh
“to be clean, pure”
In context — Job 17:9
And the righteous will hold fast to his way, and the clean-handed will increase in strength.
About this coordinate
Job 17:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 17:9, so the Hebrew word וּֽטֳהָר־יָ֝דַ֗יִם (utoharyadayim) 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.17.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.9.W4.S1) and character.