Job 19:23:6Job.19.23.W6TAB
בַּסֵּ֣פֶר
basefer
“in the book”
- Transliteration
- ba-SE-fer
- Extended
- bah-SEE-fehr
- IPA
- /basˈseː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the book
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-SE-fer
- phraseyour reading level
ba-SE-fer ve-yu-kha-KU
- clause
mi-yit-TEN ba-SE-fer ve-yu-kha-KU
- sentence
mi-yit-TEN E-fo ve-yik-KA-te-vun mil-LAI mi-yit-TEN ba-SE-fer ve-yu-kha-KU
Exegesis
The construct chain millay {מִלָּ֑י | millay} ‘my words’ marks the direct object, and the prepositional phrase ba-sefer {בַּסֵּ֣פֶר | ba-sēp̄er} ‘in a book’ designates the desired enduring medium. This syntactic pattern underscores the intensifying desire for a permanent public record of Job’s testimony.
Root and etymology
s-p-rsamekh–peh–resh
“to recount or write”
In context — Job 19:23
Oh, that my words were now written; oh, that they were recorded in a book .
About this coordinate
Job 19:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 19:23, so the Hebrew word בַּסֵּ֣פֶר (basefer) 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.19.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.23.W6.S1) and character.