Job 21:18:4Job.21.18.W4TAB
וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ
ukhemots
“and like chaff”
- Transliteration
- u-khe-MOTS
- Extended
- oo-kheh-MOHTS
- IPA
- /uχəˈmoːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- and like chaff
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-khe-MOTS
- clause
u-khe-MOTS ge-na-VAT-tu su-FA
- sentence
yih-YU ke-TE-ven lif-NE-RU-akh u-khe-MOTS ge-na-VAT-tu su-FA
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction wə- links the parallel simile wə-kəmōṣ {וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ | wə-kə-mōṣ} ‘and like chaff’ with a dependent clause headed by the verb gənāḇattû {גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ | gə-nā-ḇat-tû} ‘it carries away’, where the pronominal suffix refers back to chaff.
Root and etymology
m-w-ṣMem–Vav–Tsade
“chaff or husk”
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 21:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 21:18, so the Hebrew word וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ (ukhemots) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.18.W4.S1) and character.