Job 19:22:2Job.19.22.W2TAB
תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִי
tirdefuni
“you pursue me”
- Transliteration
- tir-de-FU-ni
- Extended
- tihr-deh-FU-nee
- IPA
- /tir.dəˈfuː.niː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you pursue me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
tir-de-FU-ni
- clause
LAM-ma tir-de-FU-ni khe-MO-EL
- sentence
LAM-ma tir-de-FU-ni khe-MO-EL u-mib-be-sha-RI LO tis-be-U
Exegesis
The verb tirdfuni {תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִי | tirdəp̄unî} ‘you pursue me’ casts the interlocutors as hostile agents acting against Job.
In context — Job 19:22
Why do you hunt me down as God does, and why are you not satisfied with my flesh?
About this coordinate
Job 19:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 19:22, so the Hebrew word תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִי (tirdefuni) 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.19.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.22.W2.S1) and character.