Job 21:34:5Job.21.34.W5TAB
נִשְׁאַר־מָֽעַל׃
nisharmaal
“has remained treachery or unfaithfulness”
- Transliteration
- nish-AR-MA-al
- Extended
- nihsh-AR-MAA-ah l
- IPA
- /niʃˈʔar.maː.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- has remained treachery or unfaithfulness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nish-AR-MA-al
- clause
u-te-shu-vo-TE-khem nish-AR-MA-al
- sentence
ve-EKH te-na-kha-MU-ni HA-vel u-te-shu-vo-TE-khem nish-AR-MA-al
Exegesis
The Niphal perfect nish'ar {נִשְׁאַר | nišʾār} ‘remains’ paired with the noun ma'al {מָעַל | māʿal} ‘treachery’ forms a summative indictment. The linked vav clauses create a swift progression from rhetorical question to censure, and the English preserves this sequence and contrast.
Root and etymology
m-ʿ-l
“act of treachery, breach”
In context — Job 21:34
And how can you comfort me with emptiness ? And your answers remain only deceit .
About this coordinate
Job 21:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 21:34, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁאַר־מָֽעַל׃ (nisharmaal) 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.21.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.34.W5.S1) and character.