Job 20:19:3Job.20.19.W3TAB
דַּלִּ֑ים
dalim
“the poor ones”
- Transliteration
- da-LIM
- Extended
- dah-LEEM
- IPA
- /dalˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the poor ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-LIM
- clause
ki-RITS-tsats a-ZAV da-LIM
- sentence
ki-RITS-tsats a-ZAV da-LIM BA-yit ga-ZAL ve-LO yi-ve-NE-hu
Exegesis
The object dallim {דַּלִּ֑ים | dallîm} ‘poor ones’ follows both verbs, focusing the violence on the most vulnerable.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–lamed–lamed
“to be low”
In context — Job 20:19
For he crushed and abandoned the poor ; a house he seized , yet he will not build it.
About this coordinate
Job 20:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 20:19, so the Hebrew word דַּלִּ֑ים (dalim) 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.20.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.19.W3.S1) and character.