Job 18:8:2Job.18.8.W2TAB
בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת
bereshet
“into a net”
- Transliteration
- be-RE-shet
- Extended
- beh-REH-sheht
- IPA
- /bəˈrɛʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- into a net
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-RE-shet
- 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 two prepositional phrases be-reshet {בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת | bərešet} and be-raglav {בְּרַגְלָ֑יו | bəraglâyw} cluster around the first clause, giving a tight spatial picture: entrapment “in a net” located at the very means of movement (“his feet”).
Root and etymology
consonantsResh–Shin–Tav
“to net, ensnare”
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 18:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 18:8, so the Hebrew word בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת (bereshet) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.8.W2.S1) and character.