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
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
i-ve-TA-ni
- clause
de-U-E-FO KI-e-lo-A i-ve-TA-ni
- 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 context — Job 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.