Job 20:2:3Job.20.2.W3TAB
יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי
yeshivuni
“answer me”
- Transliteration
- ye-shi-VU-ni
- Extended
- yeh-shih-VOO-nee
- IPA
- /jəʃiːˈvuːniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- answer me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-shi-VU-ni
- clause
la-KHEN se-ip-PAI ye-shi-VU-ni
- sentence
la-KHEN se-ip-PAI ye-shi-VU-ni u-va-a-VUR khu-SHI VI
Exegesis
The Hiphil yeshivuni {יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי | yəšîḇûnî} ‘they cause me to answer’ casts the thoughts as active agents eliciting speech.
Root and etymology
שׁ־ו־ב
“turn back, return”
In context — Job 20:2
Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, and because of my haste within me.
About this coordinate
Job 20:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 20:2, so the Hebrew word יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי (yeshivuni) 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.20.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.2.W3.S1) and character.