Job 18:11:2Job.18.11.W2TAB
בִּֽעֲתֻ֣הוּ
biatuhu
“they terrify him”
- Transliteration
- bi-a-TU-hu
- Extended
- bih-ah-TU-hoo
- IPA
- /bi.ʕăˈtu.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they terrify him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bi-a-TU-hu
- clause
sa-VIV bi-a-TU-hu bal-la-HOT
- sentence
sa-VIV bi-a-TU-hu bal-la-HOT ve-he-fi-TSU-hu le-rag-LAV
Exegesis
The verb bi'atu-hu {בִּֽעֲתֻהוּ | biʿătûhû} ‘they terrify him’ precedes the agent balahot {בַּלָּהוֹת | ballāhôṯ} ‘terrors’ in a verb-first poetic order, intensifying the sudden onset of fear.
In context — Job 18:11
All around, terrors terrify him, and they drive him on at his heels.
About this coordinate
Job 18:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 18:11, so the Hebrew word בִּֽעֲתֻ֣הוּ (biatuhu) 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.18.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.11.W2.S1) and character.