Job 20:7:2Job.20.7.W2TAB
לָנֶ֣צַח
lanetsakh
“forever”
- Transliteration
- la-NE-tsakh
- Extended
- laa-NEH-tsahkh
- IPA
- /laːˈnɛtsaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- forever
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-NE-tsakh
- clause
ke-ge-la-LO la-NE-tsakh yo-a-VED
- sentence
ke-ge-la-LO la-NE-tsakh yo-a-VED ro-A-av yo-me-RU A-yo
Exegesis
The adverbial lanetsach {לָנֶצַח | lāneṣaḥ} ‘forever’ closely modifies yobēd {יֹאַבֵד | yōʾbēd} ‘he will perish,’ fusing the act of destruction with permanence. A strong pause follows yobēd, marked by the disjunctive cantillation accent, separating the statement of ruin from the observers’ response.
Root and etymology
נ־צ־חnun–tsade–chet
“endurance”
In context — Job 20:7
Like his own dung he will perish forever ; those who once saw him will ask, “Where is he?”
About this coordinate
Job 20:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 20:7, so the Hebrew word לָנֶ֣צַח (lanetsakh) 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.20.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.7.W2.S1) and character.