Job 21:18:3Job.21.18.W3TAB
לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ
lifneruakh
“before wind”
- Transliteration
- lif-NE-RU-akh
- Extended
- lihf-NEE-ROO-akh
- IPA
- /lifˈneː.ˈruː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- before wind
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lif-NE-RU-akh
- 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
r-w-ḥResh–Vav–Chet
“wind or breath”
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 21:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 21:18, so the Hebrew word לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ (lifneruakh) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.18.W3.S1) and character.