Job 21:18:6Job.21.18.W6TAB
סוּפָֽה׃
sufa
“a storm wind”
- Transliteration
- su-FA
- Extended
- soo-FAA
- IPA
- /suːˈfaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a storm wind
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
su-FA
- 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 noun sûppāh {סוּפָֽה | sû-pāh} ‘whirlwind’ serves as the agent of removal. This chiastic parallelism amplifies the themes of transience and helplessness, and the English preserves the simile order and relative construction for clarity.
Root and etymology
s-w-pSamekh–Vav–Pe
“storm or whirlwind”
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 21:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 21:18, so the Hebrew word סוּפָֽה׃ (sufa) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.18.W6.S1) and character.