Job 18:5:6Job.18.5.W6TAB
שְׁבִ֣יב
sheviv
“flame or glow”
- Transliteration
- she-VIV
- Extended
- sheh-VEEV
- IPA
- /ʃəˈviːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- flame or glow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-VIV
- phraseyour reading level
she-VIV i-SHO
- clause
ve-LO-yi-GAH she-VIV i-SHO
- sentence
GAM OR re-sha-IM yid-AKH ve-LO-yi-GAH she-VIV i-SHO
Exegesis
The second clause begins with a negated verb complex ve-lo-yiggeh {וְלֹֽא־יִ֝גַּ֗הּ | wə-lōʾ-yiggāh} ‘and it will not shine,’ then specifies the subject image as sheviv isho {שְׁבִ֣יב אִשּֽׁוֹ | šəvîv ʾiššô} ‘the spark of his fire.’ The pronominal ending on yiggah can be read as an object reference (“shine it”), but the line’s sense is that the spark itself provides no light; English therefore renders a straightforward “will not shine” to preserve the parallel meaning and the couplet’s rhythmic finality.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–bet–bet
“spark, flame”
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 18:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 18:5, so the Hebrew word שְׁבִ֣יב (sheviv) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.5.W6.S1) and character.