Job 18:8:4Job.18.8.W4TAB
וְעַל־שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה
vealsevakha
“and upon a network or mesh”
- Transliteration
- ve-AL-se-va-KHA
- Extended
- veh-AHL-seh-vah-KHAA
- IPA
- /wəʕal-śəvaˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and upon a network or mesh
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AL-se-va-KHA
- clause
ve-AL-se-va-KHA yit-ha-LEKH
- sentence
KI-shu-LAKH be-RE-shet be-rag-LAV ve-AL-se-va-KHA yit-ha-LEKH
Exegesis
The second clause begins with ve-al-sevakhah {וְעַל־שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה | wəʿal-śəḇāḵāh}, adding a further step in the same direction, so that the movement continues not away from danger but “upon” it.
Root and etymology
consonantsSin–Bet–Kaf
“to interweave”
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 18:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 18:8, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה (vealsevakha) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.8.W4.S1) and character.