Job 19:11:4Job.19.11.W4TAB
וַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי
vayakhsheveni
“and he considered me”
- Transliteration
- va-yakh-she-VE-ni
- Extended
- vah-yahkh-sheh-VEE-nee
- IPA
- /vaj.jaħ.ʃəˈveː.niː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he considered me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yakh-she-VE-ni
- clause
va-yakh-she-VE-ni LO ke-tsa-RAV
- sentence
va-ya-KHAR a-LAI a-PO va-yakh-she-VE-ni LO ke-tsa-RAV
Exegesis
The verse is driven by a tight sequence of wayyiqtol verbs, vayyakhar {וַיַּ֣חַר | way-yaḥar} ‘and it burned’ followed by vayakhshveni {וַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי | way-yaḥ-šə-ḇê-nî} ‘and He considered me,’ moving from emotion to evaluation.
Root and etymology
consonantschet–shin–bet
“to think, reckon”
In context — Job 19:11
His anger burned against me, and He regarded me as one of His adversaries.
About this coordinate
Job 19:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 19:11, so the Hebrew word וַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי (vayakhsheveni) 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.19.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.11.W4.S1) and character.