Job 20:18:2Job.20.18.W2TAB
יָ֭גָע
yaga
“toil or labor”
- Transliteration
- ya-GA
- Extended
- yaa-GAA
- IPA
- /jaːˈɡaːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- toil or labor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-GA
- 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 direct object yaga {יָ֭גָע | yāgāʿ} ‘toil’ is placed immediately after the participle, foregrounding the painful cost of what is lost.
Root and etymology
י־ג־עyod–gimel–ayin
“to toil, be weary”
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 20:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 20:18, so the Hebrew word יָ֭גָע (yaga) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.18.W2.S1) and character.