Job 20:8:2Job.20.8.W2TAB
יָ֭עוּף
yauf
“he will fly away”
- Transliteration
- ya-UF
- Extended
- yaa-UUF
- IPA
- /jaːˈʕuːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- he will fly away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-UF
- 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
In the first cola, yaʿuf {יָ֭עוּף | yā-ʿûp} ‘he flies away’ conveys sudden disappearance, immediately followed by the negated result velo {וְלֹ֣א | wə-lō} + yimtzaʾuhu {יִמְצָא֑וּהוּ | yim-ṣāʾ-u-hû} ‘they do not find him,’ where the plural subject indicates general observers.
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 20:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 20:8, so the Hebrew word יָ֭עוּף (yauf) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.8.W2.S1) and character.