Job 21:30:4Job.21.30.W4TAB
יֵחָ֣שֶׂךְ
yekhasekh
“he is spared or held back”
- Transliteration
- ye-KHA-sekh
- Extended
- yeh-KHAA-sehkh
- IPA
- /jeːˈħaːsɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- he is spared or held back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-KHA-sekh
- clause
KI le-YOM ED ye-KHA-sekh RA
- sentence
KI le-YOM ED ye-KHA-sekh RA le-YOM a-va-ROT yu-va-LU
Exegesis
The passive verb yechasekh {יֵחָשֶׂךְ | yē-ḥāśēḵ} ‘is withheld/spared’ places the evil person as the recipient of restraint, implying that judgment is postponed rather than absent.
Root and etymology
consonantschet–sin–kaf
“withhold”
In context — Job 21:30
For the evil is spared for a day of disaster; they are led to a day of wrath .
About this coordinate
Job 21:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 21:30, so the Hebrew word יֵחָ֣שֶׂךְ (yekhasekh) 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.21.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.30.W4.S1) and character.