Job 20:4:3Job.20.4.W3TAB
מִנִּי־עַ֑ד
miniaad
“from of old”
- Transliteration
- mi-NI-a-AD
- Extended
- mih-NEE-ah-AHD
- IPA
- /minˈniː.ʕaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- from of old
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-NI-a-AD
- clause
ha-ZOT ya-DA-ta mi-NI-a-AD
- sentence
ha-ZOT ya-DA-ta mi-NI-a-AD mi-NI SIM a-DAM a-le-A-rets
Exegesis
The prepositional unit minni-ad {מִנִּי־עַד | min-nî-ʿaḏ} functions idiomatically as a temporal frame (‘from of old’), and the second minni {מִנִּי | min-nî} governs the infinitive sim {שִׂים | śîm} to express a “since + event” time clause: “since the placing of humankind upon the earth.” Hebrew’s compact temporal phrasing places the ancient-time marker before the historical starting point, creating an emphatic sweep from primordial beginnings to the present. English renders this by making the time relationship explicit (“from long ago… ever since”), while keeping the interrogative force of the rebuke.
In context — Job 20:4
Have you known this from old , since humankind was set upon the earth?
About this coordinate
Job 20:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 20:4, so the Hebrew word מִנִּי־עַ֑ד (miniaad) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.4.W3.S1) and character.