Job 20:16:2Job.20.16.W2TAB
יִינָ֑ק
yinak
“he will suck”
- Transliteration
- yi-NAK
- Extended
- yih-NAK
- IPA
- /jiˈnaːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- he will suck
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yi-NAK
- 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 imperfect yinak {יִינָק | yinnaq} ‘he will suck’ portrays an action with inevitability, fitting the poetic depiction of the wicked ingesting what destroys them.
Root and etymology
consonantsyod–nun–qof
“to suck, draw”
In context — Job 20:16
He will suck the poison of serpents ; the tongue of a viper will kill him.
About this coordinate
Job 20:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 20:16, so the Hebrew word יִינָ֑ק (yinak) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.16.W2.S1) and character.