Job 21:12:4Job.21.12.W4TAB
וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּ
veyismekhu
“and they rejoice”
- Transliteration
- ve-yis-me-KHU
- Extended
- veh-yihs-meh-KHOO
- IPA
- /vəjis.məˈħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they rejoice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
ve-yis-me-KHU
- clause
ve-yis-me-KHU le-KOL u-GAV
- sentence
yis-E-u ke-TOF ve-khi-NOR ve-yis-me-KHU le-KOL u-GAV
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect verbs yisʾu {יִשְׂאוּ | yiśʾû} ‘they lift’ and wə-yiśmeḥû {וְיִשְׂמְחוּ | wə-yiśmeḥû} ‘and they rejoice’ are joined by the conjunction vav to indicate sequential actions.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–chet
“marrow, core”
In context — Job 21:12
They make music with the timbrel and the lyre, and they rejoice to the sound of the pipe .
About this coordinate
Job 21:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 21:12, so the Hebrew word וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּ (veyismekhu) 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.21.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.12.W4.S1) and character.