Job 21:29:2Job.21.29.W2TAB
שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּם
sheeltem
“you have asked”
- Transliteration
- she-EL-tem
- Extended
- sheh-EHL-tehm
- IPA
- /ʃəˈʔɛl.tɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- you have asked
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-EL-tem
- clause
ha-LO she-EL-tem o-ve-REI DA-rekh
- sentence
ha-LO she-EL-tem o-ve-REI DA-rekh ve-o-to-TAM LO te-na-KE-ru
Exegesis
The first clause uses the perfect sheeltem {שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּם | šə-ʾel-tem} ‘you asked’, presenting the act of inquiry as something they should already have done; its object is the construct chain ovrei derekh {ע֣וֹבְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ | ʿō-vrê dā-reḵ} ‘passers of road’, appealing to ordinary, widely available witnesses.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin-Aleph-Lamed
“to ask”
In context — Job 21:29
Have you not asked those who pass along the road , and do you not recognize their signs ?
About this coordinate
Job 21:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 21:29, so the Hebrew word שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּם (sheeltem) 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.21.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.29.W2.S1) and character.