Job 20:6:5Job.20.6.W5TAB
לָעָ֥ב
lav
“to the cloud”
- Transliteration
- la-V
- Extended
- laa-V
- IPA
- /laːˈʕaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the cloud
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-V
- phraseyour reading level
la-V ya-GI-a
- clause
ve-ro-SHO la-V ya-GI-a
- sentence
im-ya-a-LE la-sha-MA-yim si-O ve-ro-SHO la-V ya-GI-a
Exegesis
The vav-linked second line, verosho {וְרֹאשׁוֹ | wərōšô} ‘and his head’, creates tight poetic parallelism with the first line, while laav {לָעָב | lāʿāb} ‘to the cloud’ functions as a second height-marker, intensifying the hyperbole (“heavens” paired with “cloud”).
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Bet–Bet
“be thick, cloud up”
In context — Job 20:6
If his height ascends to the heavens and his head reaches the clouds .
About this coordinate
Job 20:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 20:6, so the Hebrew word לָעָ֥ב (lav) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.6.W5.S1) and character.