Job 18:21:3Job.18.21.W3TAB
עַוָּ֑ל
aval
“an unjust one”
- Transliteration
- a-VAL
- Extended
- ah-VAAL
- IPA
- /ʕawˈwaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- an unjust one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VAL
- 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
dwellings”), with mishkenot {מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת | miškənôṯ} ‘dwellings’ followed by avval {עַוָּ֑ל | ʿaw-wāl} ‘wicked one’; their close juxtaposition signals a possessive relationship (dwellings belonging to the wicked).
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Vav–Lamed
“to act unjustly”
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 18:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 18:21, so the Hebrew word עַוָּ֑ל (aval) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.21.W3.S1) and character.