Job 20:28:4Job.20.28.W4TAB
נִ֝גָּר֗וֹת
niggarot
“being poured out or swept away”
- Transliteration
- nig-GA-rot
- Extended
- nihg-GAA-roht
- IPA
- /nigˈgaː.roːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- being poured out or swept away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nig-GA-rot
- clause
nig-GA-rot be-YOM A-po
- sentence
yi-GEL ye-VUL BEI-to nig-GA-rot be-YOM A-po
Exegesis
The second colon restates the loss through the water-image niggarot {נִ֝גָּר֗וֹת | ni-ggā-rôṯ} ‘being poured out,’ intensifying irreversible loss.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–gimel–resh
“to pour out, flow down”
In context — Job 20:28
The increase of his house will depart; it will flow away in the day of God's anger.
About this coordinate
Job 20:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 20:28, so the Hebrew word נִ֝גָּר֗וֹת (niggarot) 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.20.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.28.W4.S1) and character.