Job 21:1:2Job.21.1.W2TAB

אִיּ֗וֹב

iyov

Job

Transliteration
i-YOV
Extended
ih-YOHV
IPA
/ʔijˈjoːv/

Meaning by language

English
Job

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אִ + יּ֗וֹב
i + yov
iyov

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    i-YOV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YA-an i-YOV

  3. sentence

    va-YA-an i-YOV va-yo-MAR

Exegesis

It is followed by Iyov {אִיּוֹב | ʾîyyōḇ} ‘Job’ in V-S order to emphasize the speaker.

Root and etymology

א־י־בaleph–yod–bet

to be hostile, persecuted

In contextJob 21:1

Then Job answered and said .

About this coordinate

Job 21:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 21:1, so the Hebrew word אִיּ֗וֹב (iyov) 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.21.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.1.W2.S1) and character.