Job 19:25:3Job.19.25.W3TAB
גֹּ֣אֲלִי
goali
“my redeemer”
- Transliteration
- go-a-LI
- Extended
- goh-ah-LEE
- IPA
- /ɡoː.ʔăˈliː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my redeemer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
go-a-LI
- clause
va-a-NI ya-da-TE-ti go-a-LI KHAI
- sentence
va-a-NI ya-da-TE-ti go-a-LI KHAI ve-a-kha-RON al-a-FAR ya-KUM
Exegesis
The noun go'ali {גֹּאֲלִי | gōʾălî} ‘my redeemer’ draws on Israelite legal-kinship imagery of a near relative who acts to reclaim and vindicate, functioning here as a personal guarantor of Job’s ultimate cause.
Root and etymology
consonantsgimel–aleph–lamed
“to redeem, reclaim”
In context — Job 19:25
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will arise upon the dust.
About this coordinate
Job 19:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 19:25, so the Hebrew word גֹּ֣אֲלִי (goali) 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.19.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.25.W3.S1) and character.