Job 19:24:2Job.19.24.W2TAB
וְעֹפָ֑רֶת
veofaret
“and lead”
- Transliteration
- ve-O-fa-RET
- Extended
- veh-OH-faa-REHT
- IPA
- /wəʕoːfɑˈrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and lead
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-O-fa-RET
- clause
be-ET-bar-ZEL ve-O-fa-RET
- sentence
be-ET-bar-ZEL ve-O-fa-RET la-AD ba-TSUR ye-KHATS-ve-VUN
Exegesis
The verse opens with a climactic series of fronted prepositions be'et-barzel {בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל | bə-ʿēṭ-bar-zel} ‘with an iron stylus’ and ve'ofret {וְעֹפָ֑רֶת | wə-ʿōp̄eṯ} ‘and lead’, followed by the adverbial la'ad {לָ֝עַ֗ד | lā-ʿaḏ} ‘forever’ and the locative batsur {בַּצּ֥וּר | baṣ-ṣûr} ‘in the rock’.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Pe–Resh
“dust”
In context — Job 19:24
With an iron stylus and lead, let them be cut into the rock forever!
About this coordinate
Job 19:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 19:24, so the Hebrew word וְעֹפָ֑רֶת (veofaret) 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.19.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.24.W2.S1) and character.