Job 20:19:5Job.20.19.W5TAB
גָּ֝זַ֗ל
gazal
“he seized”
- Transliteration
- ga-ZAL
- Extended
- gaa-ZAHL
- IPA
- /ɡaːˈzal/
Meaning by language
- English
- he seized
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ga-ZAL
- phraseyour reading level
BA-yit ga-ZAL
- clause
BA-yit ga-ZAL ve-LO yi-ve-NE-hu
- sentence
ki-RITS-tsats a-ZAV da-LIM BA-yit ga-ZAL ve-LO yi-ve-NE-hu
Exegesis
The compressed phrase bāyît gāzal {בַּ֥יִת גָּ֝זַ֗ל | bāyît gāzal} ‘a house he seized’ foregrounds the spoil of oppression by placing ‘house’ before ‘seized.’
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–zayin–lamed
“to seize, rob”
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 20:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 20:19, so the Hebrew word גָּ֝זַ֗ל (gazal) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.19.W5.S1) and character.