Job 21:28:5Job.21.28.W5TAB
וְ֝אַיֵּ֗ה
veaye
“and where”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-YE
- Extended
- veh-ah-YEH
- IPA
- /vəʔajˈjeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and where
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-YE
- clause
ve-a-YE O-hel mish-ke-NOT re-sha-IM
- sentence
KI to-ME-ru a-YE BET-na-DIV ve-a-YE O-hel mish-ke-NOT re-sha-IM
Exegesis
is doubled (the second instance with waw: ve-ayyeh {וְאַיֵּה | wə-ʾayyēh} ‘and where?’), producing balanced, parallel questions that press for the location of something expected to be visible.
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 21:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 21:28, so the Hebrew word וְ֝אַיֵּ֗ה (veaye) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.28.W5.S1) and character.