Job 21:17:1Job.21.17.W1TAB
כַּמָּ֤ה
kamma
“how often”
- Transliteration
- kam-MA
- Extended
- kahm-MAH
- IPA
- /kamˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- how often
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kam-MA
- phraseyour reading level
kam-MA NER-re-sha-IM
- clause
kam-MA NER-re-sha-IM yid-AKH ve-ya-VO a-LE-mo e-DAM
- sentence
kam-MA NER-re-sha-IM yid-AKH ve-ya-VO a-LE-mo e-DAM kha-va-LIM ye-khal-LEK be-a-PO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the interrogative particle kammah {כַמָּה | kammâh} ‘how often’, introducing a rhetorical question.
In context — Job 21:17
How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, and does their calamity come upon them? He allots pains in His wrath.
About this coordinate
Job 21:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 21:17, so the Hebrew word כַּמָּ֤ה (kamma) 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.21.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.17.W1.S1) and character.