Job 21:33:9Job.21.33.W9TAB
מִסְפָּֽר׃
mispar
“number”
- Transliteration
- mis-PAR
- Extended
- mihs-PAAR
- IPA
- /misˈpaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- number
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mis-PAR
- phraseyour reading level
EN mis-PAR
- clause
u-le-fa-NA-v EN mis-PAR
- sentence
mat-ke-LU-lo rig-VE na-KHAL ve-a-kha-RA-v kal-a-DAM yim-SHOKH u-le-fa-NA-v EN mis-PAR
Exegesis
The final u-lefanav ein mispar {וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יו אֵ֣ן מִסְפָּֽר | ū-lə-pā-nāw ʾêyn mis-p̄ār} juxtaposes a negative existential preceding the noun ‘number’, producing a striking image of innumerable ranks. The Hebrew structure uses construct chains and repeated perfect/imperfect forms to emphasize ongoing motion and accumulation.
Root and etymology
s-p-rsamekh–pe–resh
“to count, number”
In context — Job 21:33
The clods of the valley are sweet to him; after him every person will follow , and before him there is no number.
About this coordinate
Job 21:33:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Job 21:33, so the Hebrew word מִסְפָּֽר׃ (mispar) 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.21.33.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.33.W9.S1) and character.