Job 21:29:5Job.21.29.W5TAB
וְ֝אֹתֹתָ֗ם
veototam
“and their signs”
- Transliteration
- ve-o-to-TAM
- Extended
- veh-oh-toh-TAAM
- IPA
- /vəʔotoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their signs
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-o-to-TAM
- clause
ve-o-to-TAM LO te-na-KE-ru
- sentence
ha-LO she-EL-tem o-ve-REI DA-rekh ve-o-to-TAM LO te-na-KE-ru
Exegesis
The placement of veototam {וְ֝אֹתֹתָ֗ם | wə-ʾō-ṯō-ṯām} ‘and their signs’ before the negator lo {לֹ֣א | lōʾ} ‘not’ foregrounds the “signs” as the key evidence being ignored. The paired questions form tight poetic parallelism: consulting the wayfarers and recognizing their “signs” belong together, so refusal to acknowledge the evidence appears willful rather than merely uninformed.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph-Vav-Tav
“sign”
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 21:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 21:29, so the Hebrew word וְ֝אֹתֹתָ֗ם (veototam) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.29.W5.S1) and character.