Job 21:11:1Job.21.11.W1TAB
יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ
yeshalekhu
“they send away or they send out”
- Transliteration
- ye-sha-le-KHU
- Extended
- yeh-shah-le-KHOO
- IPA
- /jəʃal.ləˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they send away or they send out
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-sha-le-KHU
- clause
ye-sha-le-KHU kha-TSON a-vi-le-HEM
- sentence
ye-sha-le-KHU kha-TSON a-vi-le-HEM ve-yal-de-HEM ye-ra-ke-DUN
Exegesis
The verse employs Hebrew parallelism, opening with yeshallechu {יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ | yəšalləḥû} ‘they send forth’ in the Piel imperfect to express deliberate action, followed by the simile katson {כַ֭צֹּאן | kaṣṣōn} ‘as a flock’ to underscore the magnitude of departure.
Root and etymology
sh-l-ḥShin–Lamed–Ḥet
“to send”
In context — Job 21:11
They send forth their children like a flock , and their little ones dance .
About this coordinate
Job 21:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 21:11, so the Hebrew word יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ (yeshalekhu) 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.21.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.11.W1.S1) and character.