Job 21:24:3Job.21.24.W3TAB
חָלָ֑ב
khalav
“of milk”
- Transliteration
- kha-LAV
- Extended
- khaa-LAAV
- IPA
- /ħaːˈlaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- of milk
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-LAV
- clause
a-ti-NAI-v mal-E-u kha-LAV
- sentence
a-ti-NAI-v mal-E-u kha-LAV u-MO-akh ats-mo-TAI-v ye-shuk-KE
Exegesis
The first clause begins with the noun atinav {עֲטִינָיו | ’ăṯînāyw} ‘his udders’, followed by the Qal perfect malʾu {מָלְא֣וּ | māleʾū} ‘are filled’ taking ḥalav {חָלָ֑ב | ḥālāv} ‘milk’ as its object.
Root and etymology
Rootḥet–lamed–bet
“milk, richness”
In context — Job 21:24
His pails are filled with milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.
About this coordinate
Job 21:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 21:24, so the Hebrew word חָלָ֑ב (khalav) 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.21.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.24.W3.S1) and character.