Job 21:18:5Job.21.18.W5TAB
גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ
genavattu
“it carried away”
- Transliteration
- ge-na-VAT-tu
- Extended
- geh-nah-VAHT-too
- IPA
- /gənaˈvat.tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it carried away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-na-VAT-tu
- phraseyour reading level
ge-na-VAT-tu su-FA
- 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
g-n-bGimmel–Nun–Bet
“to steal or carry off”
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 21:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 21:18, so the Hebrew word גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ (genavattu) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.18.W5.S1) and character.