Job 21:13:6Job.21.13.W6TAB

שְׁא֣וֹל

sheol

Sheol

Transliteration
she-OL
Extended
sheh-OHL
IPA
/ʃəˈʔoːl/

Meaning by language

English
Sheol

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Result
שְׁא֣ + וֹל
she + ol
sheol

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    she-OL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    she-OL ye-KHA-TU

  3. clause

    u-ve-RE-ga she-OL ye-KHA-TU

  4. sentence

    yiv-LU ye-khal-LU bat-TOV ye-me-HEM u-ve-RE-ga she-OL ye-KHA-TU

Exegesis

The conjunction ū in uveregha {וּבְרֶגַע | ū-və-re-ʿă} introduces a sharp temporal contrast, followed by sheol {שְׁא֣וֹל | še-ʾōl} as the locative goal of descent.

Root and etymology

ש־א־ל

hollow place; underworld

In contextJob 21:13

They spend their days in prosperity , and in a moment they go down to Sheol .

About this coordinate

Job 21:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 21:13, so the Hebrew word שְׁא֣וֹל (sheol) 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.21.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.13.W6.S1) and character.