Job 20:3:4Job.20.3.W4TAB
וְ֝ר֗וּחַ
veruakh
“and a spirit or breath”
- Transliteration
- ve-RU-akh
- Extended
- veh-ROO-ahkh
- IPA
- /wəˈruːaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a spirit or breath
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-RU-akh
- clause
ve-RU-akh mi-bi-NA-ti ya-a-NE-ni
- sentence
MU-sar ke-lim-MA-ti e-she-MA ve-RU-akh mi-bi-NA-ti ya-a-NE-ni
Exegesis
A vav-coordinated second clause adds an internal motive force: veruach {וְ֝ר֗וּחַ | wərûaḥ} ‘and spirit’ is modified by the prepositional phrase mibinati {מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י | mibbînātî} ‘from my understanding’, linking the “spirit” to the speaker’s own discernment rather than to another agent.
Root and etymology
r-w-chresh–vav–chet
“wind, breath”
In context — Job 20:3
I hear instruction of my reproach, and the spirit from my understanding answers me.
About this coordinate
Job 20:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 20:3, so the Hebrew word וְ֝ר֗וּחַ (veruakh) 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.20.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.3.W4.S1) and character.