Job 18:5:4Job.18.5.W4TAB
יִדְעָ֑ךְ
yidakh
“is extinguished or is put out”
- Transliteration
- yid-AKH
- Extended
- yihd-AAKH
- IPA
- /jidˈʕaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- is extinguished or is put out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yid-AKH
- clause
GAM OR re-sha-IM yid-AKH
- sentence
GAM OR re-sha-IM yid-AKH ve-LO-yi-GAH she-VIV i-SHO
Exegesis
The verb yidakh {יִדְעָךְ | yidʿakh} ‘will be extinguished’ frames their end with the imagery of a flame being quenched.
Root and etymology
consonantsdalet–ayin–kaf
“to go out, be quenched”
In context — Job 18:5
Also the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the spark of his fire will not shine.
About this coordinate
Job 18:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 18:5, so the Hebrew word יִדְעָ֑ךְ (yidakh) 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.18.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.5.W4.S1) and character.