Job 21:28:4Job.21.28.W4TAB
בֵית־נָדִ֑יב
betnadiv
“house of a noble”
- Transliteration
- BET-na-DIV
- Extended
- BEET-nah-DEEV
- IPA
- /beːt.naːˈdiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- house of a noble
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BET-na-DIV
- phraseyour reading level
a-YE BET-na-DIV
- clause
KI to-ME-ru a-YE BET-na-DIV
- sentence
KI to-ME-ru a-YE BET-na-DIV ve-a-YE O-hel mish-ke-NOT re-sha-IM
Exegesis
The construct beit-nadiv {בֵית־נָדִיב | bêṯ-nāḏîḇ} ‘house of a nobleman’ evokes high social standing, while the following phrase ohel miškənôṯ reshaim {אֹהֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנוֹת רְשָׁעִים | ʾōhel miškənôṯ rešāʿîm} is tightly linked: ‘tent’ is further specified by the construct ‘dwellings of the wicked,’ functioning appositionally (a tent characterized as the wicked person’s dwelling place). The piling up of habitation terms (beit, ohel, mishkenot) intensifies the rhetorical force: the speakers assume the disappearance of a residence proves the downfall of the powerful wicked, which Job is about to counter in the larger discourse. English preserves the parallel interrogatives and renders the construct relationships with possessive/of-phrases to keep the poetic symmetry clear.
Root and etymology
consonantsNun–Dalet–Bet
“to be willing, generous”
In context — Job 21:28
For you say, “Where is the house of the nobleman? And where is the tent, the dwellings of the wicked?”
About this coordinate
Job 21:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 21:28, so the Hebrew word בֵית־נָדִ֑יב (betnadiv) 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.21.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.28.W4.S1) and character.