Job 19:5:6Job.19.5.W6TAB
חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃
kherpati
“my disgrace or my reproach”
- Transliteration
- kher-pa-TI
- Extended
- khehr-pah-TEE
- IPA
- /ħɛrpaːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my disgrace or my reproach
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kher-pa-TI
- clause
ve-to-KHI-khu a-LAI kher-pa-TI
- sentence
im-A-menam a-LAI tag-DI-lu ve-to-KHI-khu a-LAI kher-pa-TI
Exegesis
The Hiphil ve-tokhichu {וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ | wə-ṯô-khî-ḥû} has a juridical force “present a case,” structuring kherpati {חֶרְפָּתִּֽי | kher-pā-tî} ‘reproach’ as legal evidence marshaled against him. The end-focus on kherpati heightens the sense of shame within a courtroom metaphor.
Root and etymology
Rootkhet–resh–pe
“reproach, disgrace”
In context — Job 19:5
If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and you make my reproach a case against me.
About this coordinate
Job 19:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 19:5, so the Hebrew word חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃ (kherpati) 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.19.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.5.W6.S1) and character.