Job 18:3:2Job.18.3.W2TAB
נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ
nekheshavnu
“are we counted”
- Transliteration
- ne-khe-SHAV-nu
- Extended
- neh-kheh-SHAHV-noo
- IPA
- /nɛχ.ʃavˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- are we counted
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ne-khe-SHAV-nu
- clause
mad-DU-a ne-khe-SHAV-nu kha-be-he-MA
- sentence
mad-DU-a ne-khe-SHAV-nu kha-be-he-MA nit-me-NI-nu be-e-NEI-khem
Exegesis
It consists of two Niphal perfect predicates, nekhshavnu {נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ | neḥšabnû} ‘we were considered’ and nitminu {נִטְמִימוּ | niṭmînû} ‘we were regarded as senseless’, forming parallel clauses that intensify the reproach.
Root and etymology
khet–shin–bet
“to think, reckon”
In context — Job 18:3
Why are we counted as beasts, and regarded as stupid in your eyes?
About this coordinate
Job 18:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 18:3, so the Hebrew word נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ (nekheshavnu) 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.18.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.3.W2.S1) and character.