Job 20:4:1Job.20.4.W1TAB

הֲזֹ֣את

hazot

this

Transliteration
ha-ZOT
Extended
hah-ZOHT
IPA
/hăˈzoːt/

Meaning by language

English
this

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Result
הֲ + זֹ֣את
ha + zot
hazot

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Zayinz as in zero
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ZOT

  2. clause

    ha-ZOT ya-DA-ta mi-NI-a-AD

  3. sentence

    ha-ZOT ya-DA-ta mi-NI-a-AD mi-NI SIM a-DAM a-le-A-rets

Exegesis

The verse is a rhetorical question introduced by hazot {הֲזֹאת | hă-zōʾt} ‘is this?’, which confronts the hearer and implies that the answer should be obvious.

In contextJob 20:4

Have you known this from old , since humankind was set upon the earth?

About this coordinate

Job 20:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 20:4, so the Hebrew word הֲזֹ֣את (hazot) 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.20.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.4.W1.S1) and character.