Job 18:4:7Job.18.4.W7TAB
וְיֶעְתַּק־צ֝֗וּר
veyetaktsur
“and will a rock be moved”
- Transliteration
- ve-ye-TAK-tsur
- Extended
- veh-yeh-TAHK-tsoor
- IPA
- /vəjɛʕˈtaq.tsuːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and will a rock be moved
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ye-TAK-tsur
- clause
ve-ye-TAK-tsur mim-me-ko-MO
- sentence
TO-ref naf-SHO be-A-po hal-me-MA-an-kha te-a-ZAV A-rets ve-ye-TAK-tsur mim-me-ko-MO
Exegesis
Teazav {תֵּעָזַב | tē-ʿā-zav}, a Niphal imperfect, takes aretz {אָרֶץ | ʾā-reṣ} ‘earth’ as its subject in a passive sense, and veyeetak {וְיֶעְתַּק | wə-yē-ʿə-taq}, a Qal imperfect, presents a parallel clause with tsur {צּוּר | ṣûr} ‘rock’ as its subject. These twin clauses form parallelism (earth abandoned // rock moved) to underscore the folly of expecting cosmic upheaval for personal turmoil.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–vav–resh
“rock”
In context — Job 18:4
You who tear your life in your anger, is it for your sake that the earth will be forsaken, and that the rock will move from its place?
About this coordinate
Job 18:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 18:4, so the Hebrew word וְיֶעְתַּק־צ֝֗וּר (veyetaktsur) 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.18.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.4.W7.S1) and character.