Job 21:17:4Job.21.17.W4TAB
וְיָבֹ֣א
veyavo
“and comes”
- Transliteration
- ve-ya-VO
- Extended
- veh-yaa-VOH
- IPA
- /wəjaːˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and comes
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ya-VO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-VO a-LE-mo e-DAM
- 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 Qal imperfect yidakh {יִדְעָךְ | yid‘āḵ} ‘is put out’ indicates repeated action, with the waw-consecutive ve-yavo {וְיָבֹא | wə-yā-ḇō} plus the preposition aleimo {עָלֵימוֹ | ‘ālê-hēmō} ‘upon them’ continuing the sequence.
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 21:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 21:17, so the Hebrew word וְיָבֹ֣א (veyavo) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.17.W4.S1) and character.