Job 21:20:5Job.21.20.W5TAB
שַׁדַּ֣י
shadai
“the Almighty”
- Transliteration
- sha-DAI
- Extended
- shah-DAI
- IPA
- /ʃadˈdaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Almighty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-DAI
- phraseyour reading level
sha-DAI yish-TE
- clause
u-me-kha-MAT sha-DAI yish-TE
- sentence
yir-E-u e-NA-yv KI-do u-me-kha-MAT sha-DAI yish-TE
Exegesis
The conjunction u- with the prepositional construct meḥămat {וּמֵחֲמַת | u-meḥămat} ‘and from the wrath’ transitions to the divine title Šadday {שַׁדַּי | Šadday} ‘Almighty.’ This chiastic structure intensifies the pronouncement by depicting both the vision of disaster and the tasting of divine judgment.
Root and etymology
debatedshin–dalet–dalet
“Almighty”
In context — Job 21:20
Let his own eyes see his calamity , and let him drink from the wrath of the Almighty .
About this coordinate
Job 21:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 21:20, so the Hebrew word שַׁדַּ֣י (shadai) 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.21.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.20.W5.S1) and character.