Job 20:29:2Job.20.29.W2TAB
חֵֽלֶק־אָדָ֣ם
khelekadam
“portion of a human”
- Transliteration
- KHE-lek-A-dam
- Extended
- KHEE-lehk-AA-daam
- IPA
- /ˈħeː.lɛq.ʔaːˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- portion of a human
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHE-lek-A-dam
- clause
ZE KHE-lek-A-dam ra-SHA me-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ZE KHE-lek-A-dam ra-SHA me-e-lo-HIM ve-na-kha-LAT im-RO me-EL
Exegesis
The phrase khelesq-adam rasha {חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע | ḥēleq-ʾāḏām rāšāʿ} forms a construct relationship (“portion of a man”) followed by an attributive adjective functioning substantivally (“wicked”), identifying the recipient of the allotted outcome.
Root and etymology
consonantschet–lamed–qof
“to divide, apportion”
In context — Job 20:29
This is the portion of a wicked man from God , and the inheritance of His decree from the Mighty One .
About this coordinate
Job 20:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 20:29, so the Hebrew word חֵֽלֶק־אָדָ֣ם (khelekadam) 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.20.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.29.W2.S1) and character.