Job 18:11:3Job.18.11.W3TAB
בַלָּה֑וֹת
ballahot
“terrors”
- Transliteration
- bal-la-HOT
- Extended
- bahl-laa-HOHT
- IPA
- /bal.laːˈhoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- terrors
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bal-la-HOT
- 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.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–heh–lamed
“to be terrified, to panic”
In context — Job 18:11
All around, terrors terrify him, and they drive him on at his heels.
About this coordinate
Job 18:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 18:11, so the Hebrew word בַלָּה֑וֹת (ballahot) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.11.W3.S1) and character.