Job 21:27:6Job.21.27.W6TAB
תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃
takhmosu
“you do violence or wrong”
- Transliteration
- takh-MO-su
- Extended
- tahkh-MOH-soo
- IPA
- /taħˈmoːsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you do violence or wrong
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
takh-MO-su
- phraseyour reading level
a-LAI takh-MO-su
- clause
u-me-zim-MOT a-LAI takh-MO-su
- sentence
HEN ya-DAT-ti makh-she-vo-TE-khem u-me-zim-MOT a-LAI takh-MO-su
Exegesis
Finally, the imperfect verb tachmosu {תַּחְמֹסוּ | ṯaḥ-mō-sū} ‘you wrong’ indicates ongoing or repeated hostile action. The progression from perfect to imperfect heightens the rhetorical contrast between prior knowledge and continuing malintent.
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-sḥet–mem–samekh
“to do violence, act unjustly”
In context — Job 21:27
Behold, I have known your thoughts and the schemes against me that you devise to wrong me.
About this coordinate
Job 21:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 21:27, so the Hebrew word תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃ (takhmosu) 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.21.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.27.W6.S1) and character.