Job 21:19:1Job.21.19.W1TAB
אֱל֗וֹהַּ
eloha
“God”
- Transliteration
- e-lo-HA
- Extended
- eh-loh-HAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛloˈhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- God
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-lo-HA
- clause
e-lo-HA yits-PON-le-va-NA-v o-NO
- sentence
e-lo-HA yits-PON-le-va-NA-v o-NO ye-shal-LEM e-LAV ve-ye-DA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the divine subject Eloah {אֱל֗וֹהַּ | ʾĕ-lō-ḥāh} followed by the imperfect yitzpon-lebanaiv {יִצְפֹּן־לְבָנָ֥יו | yiṣ-pōn-lə-ḇā-nāw}, a Qal imperfect with pronominal suffix that conveys habitual divine action of storing judgment.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“deity, divine being”
In context — Job 21:19
God stores up his iniquity for his sons; let Him repay it to him so that he may know .
About this coordinate
Job 21:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 21:19, so the Hebrew word אֱל֗וֹהַּ (eloha) 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.21.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.19.W1.S1) and character.