Job 20:15:3Job.20.15.W3TAB
וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ
vayekienu
“and he vomited it”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-ki-E-nu
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kih-EH-nnoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jəqiˈʔɛn.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he vomited it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-ki-E-nu
- clause
KHA-yil ba-LA va-ye-ki-E-nu
- sentence
KHA-yil ba-LA va-ye-ki-E-nu mi-bit-NO yo-ri-SHE-nu EL
Exegesis
The next verb, vayeqi'ennu {וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ | way-qi-ʾén-nû} ‘and he will vomit it up,’ uses vav-consecutive to push the line forward and creates an ironic undoing of the prior action; the attached suffix makes the “wealth” the continuing object.
In context — Job 20:15
He swallowed riches, and he will vomit them up; God will drive them out from his belly .
About this coordinate
Job 20:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 20:15, so the Hebrew word וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ (vayekienu) 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.20.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.15.W3.S1) and character.