Job 20:14:2Job.20.14.W2TAB
בְּמֵעָ֣יו
bemeav
“in his inward parts or in his belly”
- Transliteration
- be-me-AV
- Extended
- beh-mee-AAV
- IPA
- /bəmeːʕaˈv/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his inward parts or in his belly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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
be-me-AV
- clause
lakh-MO be-me-AV ne-he-PAKH
- sentence
lakh-MO be-me-AV ne-he-PAKH me-ro-RAT pe-ta-NIM be-kir-BO
Exegesis
The verse is a single clause describing internal reversal: the subject lakhmo {לַ֭חְמוֹ | laḥ-mô} ‘his food’ is followed immediately by the locative prepositional phrase bemeav {בְּמֵעָ֣יו | bə-mē-ʿāw} ‘in his inward parts,’ placing the transformation inside the person rather than in the external food itself.
In context — Job 20:14
His food is turned in his inward parts, becoming the bitterness of serpents within him .
About this coordinate
Job 20:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 20:14, so the Hebrew word בְּמֵעָ֣יו (bemeav) 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.20.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.14.W2.S1) and character.