Job 20:5:6Job.20.5.W6TAB
חָנֵ֣ף
khanef
“godless one, profane one, hypocrite”
- Transliteration
- kha-NEF
- Extended
- khaa-NEHF
- IPA
- /ħaːˈneːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- godless one, profane one, hypocrite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-NEF
- phraseyour reading level
kha-NEF a-de-RA-ga
- clause
ve-sim-KHA-t kha-NEF a-de-RA-ga
- sentence
KI rin-NA-t re-sha-IM mik-ka-ROV ve-sim-KHA-t kha-NEF a-de-RA-ga
Exegesis
Two parallel construct chains—rinnanat reshaim {רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים | rin-naṯ rə-šā-ʿîm} ‘exultation of the wicked’ and vesimchat khanef {וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף | wə-śim-ḥaṯ ḥā-nēp̄} ‘and joy of the godless’—create balanced poetic parallelism, reinforcing the same idea with varied vocabulary.
Root and etymology
ח-נ-ףChet–Nun–Pe
“to be impious, be polluted”
In context — Job 20:5
For the exultation of the wicked is brief, and the joy of the godless is only a moment .
About this coordinate
Job 20:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 20:5, so the Hebrew word חָנֵ֣ף (khanef) 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.20.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.5.W6.S1) and character.