Job 21:18:2Job.21.18.W2TAB
כְּתֶ֥בֶן
keteven
“like straw”
- Transliteration
- ke-TE-ven
- Extended
- keh-TEH-vehn
- IPA
- /kəˈtɛ.vɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- like straw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-TE-ven
- phraseyour reading level
ke-TE-ven lif-NE-RU-akh
- clause
yih-YU ke-TE-ven lif-NE-RU-akh
- sentence
yih-YU ke-TE-ven lif-NE-RU-akh u-khe-MOTS ge-na-VAT-tu su-FA
Exegesis
The preposition kə- in kətebên {כְּתֶ֥בֶן | kə-ṯeḇên} ‘like straw’ introduces the first simile, immediately followed by the locative construct lip̄nê rūaḥ {לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ | li-p̄nê rūaḥ} ‘before wind’, yielding an image of utter vulnerability.
Root and etymology
t-b-nTav–Bet–Nun
“straw or stalk”
In context — Job 21:18
They will be like straw before the wind , and like chaff that the whirlwind carries away.
About this coordinate
Job 21:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 21:18, so the Hebrew word כְּתֶ֥בֶן (keteven) 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.21.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.18.W2.S1) and character.