Job 21:11:2Job.21.11.W2TAB
כַ֭צֹּאן
khatson
“like the flock”
- Transliteration
- kha-TSON
- Extended
- khah-TSOHN
- IPA
- /xaˈtsːoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- like the flock
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-TSON
- 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
ṣ-ʾ-nTsade–Aleph–Nun
“flock, sheep”
In context — Job 21:11
They send forth their children like a flock , and their little ones dance .
About this coordinate
Job 21:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 21:11, so the Hebrew word כַ֭צֹּאן (khatson) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.11.W2.S1) and character.