Job 19:29:4Job.19.29.W4TAB
כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה
kikhema
“for wrath”
- Transliteration
- KI-KHE-ma
- Extended
- KEE-KHEE-mah
- IPA
- /kiː.ˈħeː.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for wrath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KI-KHE-ma
- phraseyour reading level
KI-KHE-ma a-vo-NOT KHA-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 causal clause introduced by ki-khemah {כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה | kî-ḥēmāh} ‘for wrath’ is compressed and verbless, with avonot {עֲוֺנ֣וֹת | ʿăwōnōṯ} joined to charev {חָ֑רֶב | ḥāreb} in a tight nominal sequence; this allows two defensible readings: (1) “wrath brings punishments of the sword,” taking ‘punishments’ metonymically as penal consequences, or (2) “wrath calls for iniquities punishable by the sword,” taking ‘iniquities’ as the cause requiring violent reckoning.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–mem–heh
“heat, wrath”
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 19:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 19:29, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה (kikhema) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.29.W4.S1) and character.