Job 18:8:1Job.18.8.W1TAB
כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּ֣ח
kishulakh
“for he is sent or cast”
- Transliteration
- KI-shu-LAKH
- Extended
- KEE-shuh-LAHKH
- IPA
- /kiː-ʃulˈlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for he is sent or cast
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KI-shu-LAKH
- clause
KI-shu-LAKH be-RE-shet be-rag-LAV
- sentence
KI-shu-LAKH be-RE-shet be-rag-LAV ve-AL-se-va-KHA yit-ha-LEKH
Exegesis
The verse opens with ki-shullakh {כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּ֣ח | kî-šullaḥ} introducing an explanatory ground (“for/because”) and immediately frames the predicament with a passive Pual verb, portraying the subject as acted upon rather than in control.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Lamed–Chet
“to send, let go”
In context — Job 18:8
For he is thrust into a net by his feet, and upon a mesh he walks about.
About this coordinate
Job 18:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 18:8, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּ֣ח (kishulakh) 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.18.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.8.W1.S1) and character.