Job 20:25:1Job.20.25.W1TAB
שָׁלַף֮
shalaf
“he drew out”
- Transliteration
- sha-LAF
- Extended
- shah-LAHF
- IPA
- /ʃaˈlaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- he drew out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LAF
- clause
sha-LAF va-ye-TSE
- sentence
sha-LAF va-ye-TSE mi-ge-VA u-va-RAK mi-me-ro-ra-TO ya-ha-LOKH a-LAV E-mim
Exegesis
The verse is driven by a rapid chain of short clauses, where the initial verb shalaf {שָׁלַף֮ | šālap̄} ‘he drew out’ is followed immediately by wayyetse {וַיֵּצֵ֢א | wayyēṣēʾ} ‘and it came out,’ using vav-consecutive to heighten momentum and depict irreversible consequence.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–lamed–pe
“to draw out”
In context — Job 20:25
He draws it out, and it comes out from his body; and a flash from his gall goes forth. Terrors are upon him.
About this coordinate
Job 20:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 20:25, so the Hebrew word שָׁלַף֮ (shalaf) 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.20.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.25.W1.S1) and character.