Job 20:6:1Job.20.6.W1TAB
אִם־יַעֲלֶ֣ה
imyaale
“if he goes up”
- Transliteration
- im-ya-a-LE
- Extended
- ihm-yah-ah-LEH
- IPA
- /ʔim.ja.ʕaˈlɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if he goes up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-ya-a-LE
- clause
im-ya-a-LE la-sha-MA-yim si-O
- sentence
im-ya-a-LE la-sha-MA-yim si-O ve-ro-SHO la-V ya-GI-a
Exegesis
The verse opens with im-yaaleh {אִם־יַעֲלֶה | ʾim-yaʿăleh} ‘if he ascends’, forming a conditional premise that sets up a hypothetical extreme.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Lamed–Heh
“go up”
In context — Job 20:6
If his height ascends to the heavens and his head reaches the clouds .
About this coordinate
Job 20:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 20:6, so the Hebrew word אִם־יַעֲלֶ֣ה (imyaale) 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.20.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.6.W1.S1) and character.