Job 18:15:1Job.18.15.W1TAB
תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן
tishkon
“it dwells”
- Transliteration
- tish-KON
- Extended
- tihsh-KOHN
- IPA
- /tiʃˈkoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- it dwells
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-KON
- clause
tish-KON be-a-ho-LO mib-be-LI-LO
- sentence
tish-KON be-a-ho-LO mib-be-LI-LO ye-zo-RE al-NA-ve-hu gaf-RIT
Exegesis
The verse opens with tishkon {תִּשְׁכּוֹן | tiškōn} ‘it will dwell’, a third person feminine singular verb with an unstated subject, which in this poetic context functions as an impersonal “it” and allows the line to evoke a hostile presence taking up residence.
Root and etymology
consonantsKaf–Vav–Nun
“be firm, be established”
In context — Job 18:15
It will dwell in his tent, because it is not his; brimstone will be scattered upon his dwelling place.
About this coordinate
Job 18:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 18:15, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן (tishkon) 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.18.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.15.W1.S1) and character.