Job 21:6:1Job.21.6.W1TAB
וְאִם־זָכַ֥רְתִּי
veimzakharti
“and if I remember”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-za-KHAR-ti
- Extended
- veh-ihm-zah-KHAAR-tee
- IPA
- /vəʔim.zaˈχar.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if I remember
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-im-za-KHAR-ti
- clause
ve-im-za-KHAR-ti ve-niv-ha-AL-ti
- sentence
ve-im-za-KHAR-ti ve-niv-ha-AL-ti ve-a-KHAZ be-sa-RI pa-la-TSUT
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional marker ve-im {וְאִם | wə-ʾim} ‘and if’, which introduces a hypothetical scenario.
It is followed by the perfect verb zakharti {זָכַרְתִּי | zā-ḥar-tî} ‘I remember’, indicating a completed act of recall by the first person singular.
Root and etymology
z-kh-rz-kh-r
“to remember, recall”
In context — Job 21:6
And if I remember, I am dismayed , and trembling seizes my flesh .
About this coordinate
Job 21:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 21:6, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־זָכַ֥רְתִּי (veimzakharti) 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.21.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.6.W1.S1) and character.