Job 20:29:7Job.20.29.W7TAB
מֵאֵֽל׃
meel
“from God”
- Transliteration
- me-EL
- Extended
- mee-EEL
- IPA
- /meːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- from God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-EL
- phraseyour reading level
im-RO me-EL
- clause
ve-na-kha-LAT im-RO me-EL
- sentence
ZE KHE-lek-A-dam ra-SHA me-e-lo-HIM ve-na-kha-LAT im-RO me-EL
Exegesis
Two parallel prepositional phrases, meElohim {מֵאֱלֹהִים | mēʾĕlōhîm} ‘from God’ and meEl {מֵאֵל | mēʾēl} ‘from El,’ frame the couplet and stress divine source and authority.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Lamed
“mighty one”
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 20:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 20:29, so the Hebrew word מֵאֵֽל׃ (meel) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.29.W7.S1) and character.