Job 18:21:1Job.18.21.W1TAB
אַךְ־אֵ֭לֶּה
akheleh
“surely these”
- Transliteration
- AKH-E-LEH
- Extended
- ahkh-EH-LEH
- IPA
- /ʔaχˈʔeːl.lɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely these
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AKH-E-LEH
- clause
AKH-E-LEH mish-ke-NOT a-VAL
- sentence
AKH-E-LEH mish-ke-NOT a-VAL ve-ZEH me-KOM lo-YA-da-EL
Exegesis
The verse opens with akh-elleh {אַךְ־אֵ֭לֶּה | ʾaḵ-ʾêl-leh} ‘surely these’, where the emphatic particle frames the line as a concluding verdict and the demonstrative points to the described outcome as definite and observable. The first clause is a verbless identification (“these …
In context — Job 18:21
Surely, these are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of the one who does not know God .
About this coordinate
Job 18:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 18:21, so the Hebrew word אַךְ־אֵ֭לֶּה (akheleh) 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.18.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.21.W1.S1) and character.