Job 19:14:2Job.19.14.W2TAB
קְרוֹבָ֑י
kerovai
“my relatives or my close ones”
- Transliteration
- ke-ro-VAI
- Extended
- keh-roh-VAA-ee
- IPA
- /qəroːˈvaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my relatives or my close ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-ro-VAI
- clause
KHA-de-LU ke-ro-VAI
- sentence
KHA-de-LU ke-ro-VAI u-me-yu-da-AI she-KHE-khu-NI
Exegesis
The two subject terms move outward socially—from qerovai {קְרוֹבָי | qerōḇay} ‘my close ones’ to u-meyuddaay {וּמְיֻדָּעַי | ûməyuddāʿay} ‘those known to me’—creating a widening circle of abandonment. English renders the same parallelism with two coordinated clauses, preserving the progression from relational failure to being forgotten.
Root and etymology
consonantsqof–resh–bet
“be near”
In context — Job 19:14
My relatives have failed, and my acquaintances have forgotten me.
About this coordinate
Job 19:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 19:14, so the Hebrew word קְרוֹבָ֑י (kerovai) 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.19.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.14.W2.S1) and character.