Job 19:23:7Job.19.23.W7TAB
וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃
veyukhaku
“and they will be engraved”
- Transliteration
- ve-yu-kha-KU
- Extended
- veh-yuh-khaa-KOO
- IPA
- /və.ju.ħaˈquː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will be engraved
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-yu-kha-KU
- 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
Two passive jussive imperfect verbs, ve-yikkatevûn {וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן | wə-yikkātəvûn} ‘and they would be written’ and ve-yuchaku {וְיֻחָֽקוּ | wə-yuḥāqû} ‘and they would be engraved,’ create a climactic parallelism from writing to engraving.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–qof–qof
“bosom, lap”
In context — Job 19:23
Oh, that my words were now written; oh, that they were recorded in a book .
About this coordinate
Job 19:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 19:23, so the Hebrew word וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ (veyukhaku) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.23.W7.S1) and character.