Job 19:21:1Job.19.21.W1TAB
חָנֻּ֬נִי
khanunni
“pity me”
- Transliteration
- kha-NUN-ni
- Extended
- khaa-NUHN-nee
- IPA
- /ħɔˈnun.niː/
Meaning by language
- English
- pity me
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kha-NUN-ni
- clause
kha-NUN-ni kha-NUN-ni a-TEM re-AI
- sentence
kha-NUN-ni kha-NUN-ni a-TEM re-AI KI yad-e-lo-AH na-ge-A BI
Exegesis
The doubled Piel imperative hannuni {חָנֻּ֬נִי | ḥānnûnî} initiates a forceful entreaty.
In context — Job 19:21
Have pity on me, have pity on me—you my friends—for the hand of God has touched me.
About this coordinate
Job 19:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 19:21, so the Hebrew word חָנֻּ֬נִי (khanunni) 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.19.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.21.W1.S1) and character.