Job 21:26:6Job.21.26.W6TAB
עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
alehem
“over them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʕă.leːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- over them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
te-khas-SE a-le-HEM
- clause
ve-rim-MA te-khas-SE a-le-HEM
- sentence
YA-khad al-A-far yish-ka-VU ve-rim-MA te-khas-SE a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The suffixed pronoun in aleihem {עֲלֵיהֶֽם | ʿăleyhem} ‘over them’ closes the thought, emphasizing the inevitability of death.
In context — Job 21:26
Together they lie down upon the dust , and worm covers them.
About this coordinate
Job 21:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 21:26, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (alehem) 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.21.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.26.W6.S1) and character.