Job 20:22:3Job.20.22.W3TAB
יֵ֣צֶר
yetser
“distress will press”
- Transliteration
- YE-tser
- Extended
- YEE-tseh r
- IPA
- /ˈjeː.tsɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- distress will press
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
YE-tser
- clause
bim-le-OT sif-KO YE-tser LO
- sentence
bim-le-OT sif-KO YE-tser LO KOL-YAD a-MEL te-VO-e-NNU
Exegesis
The clause yetser lo {יֵ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ | yēṣer lō} places this abundance under distress, using a Qal imperfect to indicate ongoing pressure.
Root and etymology
RootYod–Tsade–Resh
“to press, confine”
In context — Job 20:22
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will press him; every hand of misery will come upon him.
About this coordinate
Job 20:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 20:22, so the Hebrew word יֵ֣צֶר (yetser) 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.20.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.22.W3.S1) and character.