Job 20:8:1Job.20.8.W1TAB
כַּחֲל֣וֹם
kakhalom
“like a dream”
- Transliteration
- ka-kha-LOM
- Extended
- kah-khah-LOHM
- IPA
- /kaħăˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- like a dream
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-kha-LOM
- clause
ka-kha-LOM ya-UF ve-LO yim-tsa-U-hu
- sentence
ka-kha-LOM ya-UF ve-LO yim-tsa-U-hu ve-yu-DAD ke-khez-YON LAI-la
Exegesis
The verse consists of two parallel poetic cola introduced by simile markers kachalom {כַּחֲל֣וֹם | ka-ḥă-lôm} ‘like a dream’ and kechezyon {כְּחֶזְי֥וֹן | kə-ḥez-yôn} ‘like a vision.’
Root and etymology
ח־ל־ם
“to dream”
In context — Job 20:8
Like a dream he flies away, and they will not find him; he is chased away like a night vision .
About this coordinate
Job 20:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 20:8, so the Hebrew word כַּחֲל֣וֹם (kakhalom) 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.20.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.8.W1.S1) and character.