Job 19:29:1Job.19.29.W1TAB
גּ֤וּרוּ
guru
“be afraid”
- Transliteration
- GU-ru
- Extended
- GOO-roo
- IPA
- /ˈɡuː.ruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- be afraid
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GU-ru
- phraseyour reading level
GU-ru la-KHEM mi-pe-NE-KHE-rev
- clause
GU-ru la-KHEM mi-pe-NE-KHE-rev KI-KHE-ma a-vo-NOT KHA-rev
- sentence
GU-ru la-KHEM mi-pe-NE-KHE-rev KI-KHE-ma a-vo-NOT KHA-rev le-MA-an te-de-UN sha-DIN sha-DUN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the plural imperative guru {גּ֤וּרוּ | gûrû} ‘fear,’ immediately individualized by the ethical dative lakhem {לָכֶ֨ם | lākem} ‘for yourselves,’ urging self-protective urgency.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–vav–resh
“to fear, dread”
In context — Job 19:29
Be afraid for yourselves because of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, so that you may know judgment.
About this coordinate
Job 19:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 19:29, so the Hebrew word גּ֤וּרוּ (guru) 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.19.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.29.W1.S1) and character.