Job 18:9:6Job.18.9.W6TAB
צַמִּֽים׃
tsammim
“a snare”
- Transliteration
- tsam-MIM
- Extended
- tsahm-MEEM
- IPA
- /tsamˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a snare
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsam-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
a-LAV tsam-MIM
- clause
ya-kha-ZEK a-LAV tsam-MIM
- sentence
yo-KHEZ be-a-KEV PAKH ya-kha-ZEK a-LAV tsam-MIM
Exegesis
The second colon mirrors the first: yakhazek {יַחֲזֵק | yaḥă-zēq} ‘will hold fast’ is followed by alav {עָלָיו | ʿā-lāw} ‘upon him’ and then the subject tsamim {צַמִּים | tsam-mîm} ‘snares’, intensifying from a single “trap” to multiple restraints. The imperfect verbs function as gnomic-future description within Bildad’s portrayal of the wicked person’s inevitable downfall, presenting entrapment as a predictable outcome rather than a one-time event. The English rendering keeps the parallel structure while supplying the implicit direct object (“him”) with the first verb to maintain clarity in a natural target-language clause.
In context — Job 18:9
A trap will seize him by the heel ; snares will hold him fast .
About this coordinate
Job 18:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 18:9, so the Hebrew word צַמִּֽים׃ (tsammim) 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.18.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.9.W6.S1) and character.