Job 20:16:1Job.20.16.W1TAB
רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִ֥ים
roshpetanim
“venom of cobras”
- Transliteration
- rosh-pe-ta-NIM
- Extended
- rohsh-peh-tah-NEEM
- IPA
- /roːʃ.pɛtaˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- venom of cobras
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| 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 | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
rosh-pe-ta-NIM
- clause
rosh-pe-ta-NIM yi-NAK
- sentence
rosh-pe-ta-NIM yi-NAK ta-ha-re-GE-hu le-SHON e-fe-A
Exegesis
The verse opens by fronting the object rosh-petanim {רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִים | rōʾš-pəṯānîm} ‘venom of serpents,’ placing the lethal substance in emphatic position before the verb.
Root and etymology
consonantsresh–aleph–shin
“venom, poison”
In context — Job 20:16
He will suck the poison of serpents ; the tongue of a viper will kill him.
About this coordinate
Job 20:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 20:16, so the Hebrew word רֹאשׁ־פְּתָנִ֥ים (roshpetanim) 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.20.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.16.W1.S1) and character.