Job 20:17:1Job.20.17.W1TAB
אַל־יֵ֥רֶא
alyere
“let him not see”
- Transliteration
- al-ye-RE
- Extended
- ahl-yeh-REH
- IPA
- /ʔal.jɛˈrɛ(ʔ)/
Meaning by language
- English
- let him not see
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ye-RE
- clause
al-ye-RE vif-lag-GOT
- sentence
al-ye-RE vif-lag-GOT na-ha-RE na-kha-LE de-VASH ve-khem-A
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prohibitive negation al-yere {אַל־יֵרֶא | ʾal-yērēʾ} ‘he will not see,’ where the negative particle with the imperfect verb expresses firm denial of future experience.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Lamed
“mighty one”
In context — Job 20:17
He will not see the streams, the rivers, the wadis of honey and curds .
About this coordinate
Job 20:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 20:17, so the Hebrew word אַל־יֵ֥רֶא (alyere) 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.20.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.17.W1.S1) and character.