Job 19:8:5Job.19.8.W5TAB
וְעַ֥ל
veal
“and upon”
- Transliteration
- ve-AL
- Extended
- veh-AHL
- IPA
- /vəˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and upon
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ve-AL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-AL ne-tsi-vo-TAI
- clause
ve-AL ne-tsi-vo-TAI KHO-shekh ya-SIM
- sentence
OR-khi ga-DAR ve-LO e-e-VOR ve-AL ne-tsi-vo-TAI KHO-shekh ya-SIM
Exegesis
The second colon adds a parallel image: the prepositional phrase wə-ʿal nəṯîḇōṯay {וְעַ֥ל נְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗י | wə-ʿal nəṯîḇōṯay} ‘and upon my pathways’ fronts the location, then the object ḥōšeḵ {חֹ֣שֶׁךְ | ḥōšeḵ} ‘darkness’ precedes yāśîm {יָשִֽׂים | yāśîm} ‘he places,’ stressing what is imposed before stating the act. Together, barrier and darkness form synonymous parallelism: blocked movement and obscured direction, intensifying Job’s sense of being providentially hemmed in.
In context — Job 19:8
He has fenced in my path , and I do not pass over; and upon my pathways He places darkness.
About this coordinate
Job 19:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 19:8, so the Hebrew word וְעַ֥ל (veal) 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.19.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.8.W5.S1) and character.