Job 20:4:5Job.20.4.W5TAB
שִׂ֖ים
sim
“placing”
- Transliteration
- SIM
- Extended
- SEEM
- IPA
- /ˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- placing
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SIM
- phraseyour reading level
mi-NI SIM
- clause
mi-NI SIM a-DAM a-le-A-rets
- 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.
Root and etymology
שׂ־ו־םsin–vav–mem
“to put, set”
In context — Job 20:4
Have you known this from old , since humankind was set upon the earth?
About this coordinate
Job 20:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 20:4, so the Hebrew word שִׂ֖ים (sim) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.4.W5.S1) and character.