Job 21:15:1Job.21.15.W1TAB
מַה־שַׁדַּ֥י
mashadai
“what is the Almighty”
- Transliteration
- ma-SHA-dai
- Extended
- mah-SHAH-dai
- IPA
- /mah.ʃadˈdaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- what is the Almighty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-SHA-dai
- clause
ma-SHA-dai ki-na-a-ve-DE-nu
- sentence
ma-SHA-dai ki-na-a-ve-DE-nu u-ma-NO-il KI nif-GA-vo
Exegesis
The verse unfolds as two parallel rhetorical questions led by the interrogative mah {מַה | mǎh} ‘what’, each introduced by the conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘that, because’.
Root and etymology
š-d-ysh-d-y
“almighty, overpowering”
In context — Job 21:15
What is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what benefit do we have that we should entreat Him?
About this coordinate
Job 21:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 21:15, so the Hebrew word מַה־שַׁדַּ֥י (mashadai) 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.21.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.15.W1.S1) and character.