Job 19:6:3Job.19.6.W3TAB

עִוְּתָ֑נִי

ivetani

has wronged me or has perverted me

Transliteration
i-ve-TA-ni
Extended
ih-veh-TAA-nee
IPA
/ʕiw.wəˈθaː.niː/

Meaning by language

English
has wronged me or has perverted me

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עִ + וְּ + תָ֑ + נִי
i + ve + ta + ni
ivetani

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    i-ve-TA-ni

  2. clause

    de-U-E-FO KI-e-lo-A i-ve-TA-ni

  3. sentence

    de-U-E-FO KI-e-lo-A i-ve-TA-ni u-me-tsu-DO a-LAI hi-KIF

Exegesis

The verb ivvetani {עִוְּתָ֑נִי | ʿiwwəṯānî} ‘He has twisted me’ uses the Piel stem to portray a felt perversion of justice.

Root and etymology

consonantsAyin–Vav–Tav

to bend, twist

In contextJob 19:6

Know, then, that God has overturned my cause, and He has encircled His net around me.

About this coordinate

Job 19:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 19:6, so the Hebrew word עִוְּתָ֑נִי (ivetani) 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.19.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.6.W3.S1) and character.