Job 21:16:4Job.21.16.W4TAB
טוּבָ֑ם
tuvam
“their good or their prosperity”
- Transliteration
- tu-VAM
- Extended
- too-VAAM
- IPA
- /tuːˈvaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their good or their prosperity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tu-VAM
- clause
HEN LO ve-ya-DAM tu-VAM
- sentence
HEN LO ve-ya-DAM tu-VAM a-TSAT re-sha-IM ra-kha-KA MEN-ni
Exegesis
The idiom beyadam {בְיָדָ֣ם | bə-yā-ḏām} ‘in their hand’ functions as a metaphor for control over tuvam {טוּבָ֑ם | ṭū-ḇām} ‘prosperity.’
Root and etymology
ṭ-w-bt–w–b
“good, well-being”
In context — Job 21:16
Behold, their prosperity is not in their own hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
About this coordinate
Job 21:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 21:16, so the Hebrew word טוּבָ֑ם (tuvam) 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.21.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.16.W4.S1) and character.