Job 19:13:5Job.19.13.W5TAB
אַךְ־זָ֥רוּ
akhzaru
“only they are estranged”
- Transliteration
- akh-ZA-ru
- Extended
- ahkh-ZAA-roo
- IPA
- /ʔax.zaːˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- only they are estranged
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
akh-ZA-ru
- phraseyour reading level
akh-ZA-ru mim-me-NI
- clause
ve-yo-DE-ai akh-ZA-ru mim-me-NI
- sentence
a-KHAI me-a-LAI hir-KHIK ve-yo-DE-ai akh-ZA-ru mim-me-NI
Exegesis
The particle akh {אַךְ | ʾaḵ} functions as an emphatic limiter/asserter, heightening the force of the following predicate zaru {זָרוּ | zārû} ‘they have become strangers/estranged,’ and the final mimmeni {מִמֶּֽנִּי | mimmennî} ‘from me’ closes both the syntax and the sense of social expulsion. English keeps the parallelism (“brothers…acquaintances”) and renders the implicit subject as “He” to reflect the Hebrew’s unexpressed agent while preserving the poetic terseness.
Root and etymology
consonantszayin–vav–resh
“to be a stranger”
In context — Job 19:13
My brothers, He has put far from me, and my acquaintances are surely estranged from me.
About this coordinate
Job 19:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 19:13, so the Hebrew word אַךְ־זָ֥רוּ (akhzaru) 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.19.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.13.W5.S1) and character.