Job 20:17:3Job.20.17.W3TAB
נַהֲרֵ֥י
nahare
“rivers of”
- Transliteration
- na-ha-RE
- Extended
- nah-hah-REE
- IPA
- /na.hăˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- rivers of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-ha-RE
- phraseyour reading level
na-ha-RE na-kha-LE
- clause
na-ha-RE na-kha-LE de-VASH ve-khem-A
- sentence
al-ye-RE vif-lag-GOT na-ha-RE na-kha-LE de-VASH ve-khem-A
Exegesis
What follows is a piling up of abundance imagery through a chain of water terms: biflaggot {בִפְלַגּוֹת | bip̄laggôṯ} ‘streams’ is specified by the construct naharei {נַהֲרֵי | nahărê} ‘of rivers,’ which is further extended by nakhalei {נַחֲלֵי | naḥălê} ‘of wadis,’ creating a compressed, poetic stack that heightens the sense of overflowing plenty.
In context — Job 20:17
He will not see the streams, the rivers, the wadis of honey and curds .
About this coordinate
Job 20:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 20:17, so the Hebrew word נַהֲרֵ֥י (nahare) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.17.W3.S1) and character.