Job 20:3:6Job.20.3.W6TAB
יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃
yaaneni
“answers me”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-NE-ni
- Extended
- yah-ah-NEE-nee
- IPA
- /jaʕăˈneːniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- answers me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ya-a-NE-ni
- 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
The subject of yaaneni {יַעֲנֵֽנִי | yaʿănēnî} ‘it answers me’ is most naturally “spirit,” yielding a compact internal causation: understanding gives rise to spirit, and spirit produces an answering response. English formal rendering keeps the parallel structure (“I hear…, and…”), while the dynamic rendering clarifies the implied internal prompting without changing the core cause-and-effect relationship.
In context — Job 20:3
I hear instruction of my reproach, and the spirit from my understanding answers me.
About this coordinate
Job 20:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 20:3, so the Hebrew word יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ (yaaneni) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.3.W6.S1) and character.