Job 18:16:1Job.18.16.W1TAB
מִ֭תַּחַת
mitakhat
“from under or beneath”
- Transliteration
- mi-TA-khat
- Extended
- mih-TAH-khaht
- IPA
- /miˈtaħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- from under or beneath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-TA-khat
- clause
mi-TA-khat sha-ra-SHAV yi-va-SHU
- sentence
mi-TA-khat sha-ra-SHAV yi-va-SHU u-mim-MA-al yim-MAL ke-TSI-ro
Exegesis
The verse presents a bicolon with spatial antithesis where mitachat {מִ֭תַּחַת | mittaḥat} ‘from beneath’ contrasts with ûmimmaʿal {וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל | ûmimmaʿal} ‘and from above.’
In context — Job 18:16
From beneath, his roots dry up, and from above, his branch is cut off.
About this coordinate
Job 18:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 18:16, so the Hebrew word מִ֭תַּחַת (mitakhat) 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.18.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.16.W1.S1) and character.