Job 20:3:5Job.20.3.W5TAB
מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י
mibinati
“from my understanding”
- Transliteration
- mi-bi-NA-ti
- Extended
- mih-bee-NAA-tee
- IPA
- /mibbiːˈnaːtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from my understanding
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
mi-bi-NA-ti
- phraseyour reading level
mi-bi-NA-ti ya-a-NE-ni
- 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.
In context — Job 20:3
I hear instruction of my reproach, and the spirit from my understanding answers me.
About this coordinate
Job 20:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 20:3, so the Hebrew word מִֽבִּינָתִ֥י (mibinati) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.3.W5.S1) and character.