Job 19:21:4Job.19.21.W4TAB
רֵעָ֑י
reai
“my friends”
- Transliteration
- re-AI
- Extended
- ree-AI
- IPA
- /reːˈʕaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my friends
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-AI
- 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 vocative attem reay {אַתֶּם רֵעָ֑י | ʾattem rēʿay} uses a personal pronoun with a construct noun to heighten intimacy.
Root and etymology
RootResh Ayin Heh
“companion”
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 19:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 19:21, so the Hebrew word רֵעָ֑י (reai) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.21.W4.S1) and character.