Job 20:18:1Job.20.18.W1TAB
מֵשִׁ֣יב
meshiv
“giving back or restoring”
- Transliteration
- me-SHIV
- Extended
- meh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /meːˈʃiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- giving back or restoring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-SHIV
- clause
me-SHIV ya-GA ve-LO yiv-LA
- sentence
me-SHIV ya-GA ve-LO yiv-LA ke-KHEIL te-mu-ra-TO ve-LO ya-a-LOS
Exegesis
The verse opens with the predicative participle meshib {מֵשִׁ֣יב | mēšîḇ} ‘returning,’ which presents the outcome as characteristic and inescapable: the wicked person is depicted as one who ends up giving back what was gained.
In context — Job 20:18
He returns what he toiled for and does not swallow; like the wealth of his exchange, he does not rejoice.
About this coordinate
Job 20:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 20:18, so the Hebrew word מֵשִׁ֣יב (meshiv) 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.20.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.18.W1.S1) and character.