Job 21:17:7Job.21.17.W7TAB
חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים
khavalim
“pains”
- Transliteration
- kha-va-LIM
- Extended
- khah-vaa-LEEM
- IPA
- /ħăvaːˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- pains
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-va-LIM
- clause
kha-va-LIM ye-khal-LEK be-a-PO
- 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 second clause presents divine action with the noun khavalim {חֲבָלִים | ḥă-ḇā-lîm} ‘destructions’ and the verb yechalleq {יְחַלֵּק | yə-ḥallēq} ‘he allots’, followed by the causal phrase be-apo {בְּאַפּוֹ | bə-’ā-pō} ‘in his anger’. The shift from question to assertion underscores the certainty of divine judgment and links repeated human plight with God’s allocation of suffering.
Root and etymology
ḥ-b-lChet–Bet–Lamed
“to bind, harm”
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 21:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 21:17, so the Hebrew word חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים (khavalim) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.17.W7.S1) and character.