Job 20:11:1Job.20.11.W1TAB
עַ֭צְמוֹתָיו
atsmotaiv
“his bones”
- Transliteration
- ats-mo-TAIV
- Extended
- ahts-moh-TAAIV
- IPA
- /ʕats.moːˈtaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his bones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ats-mo-TAIV
- clause
ats-mo-TAIV mal-E-u lo-MO a-lu-MAIV
- sentence
ats-mo-TAIV mal-E-u lo-MO a-lu-MAIV ve-IM-mo al-A-far tish-KAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with a fronted subject, atsmotav {עַ֭צְמוֹתָיו | ʿaṣmōṯāyw} ‘his bones’, followed by the perfect maleu {מָלְא֣וּ | māləʾû} ‘they were filled’, describing a present condition rooted in past completeness.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Tsade–Mem
“bone, substance”
In context — Job 20:11
His bones are filled with his youthful vigor, his youth, and with him it will lie down in the dust.
About this coordinate
Job 20:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 20:11, so the Hebrew word עַ֭צְמוֹתָיו (atsmotaiv) 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.20.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.11.W1.S1) and character.