Job 21:8:5Job.21.8.W5TAB
וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם
vetseetsaehem
“and their descendants or their progeny”
- Transliteration
- ve-tse-e-tsa-e-HEM
- Extended
- veh-tseh-eh-tsah-eh-HEEM
- IPA
- /wətsɛʔ.ʦaːˈʔeːheːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their descendants or their progeny
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 | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-tse-e-tsa-e-HEM
- clause
ve-tse-e-tsa-e-HEM le-e-ne-HEM
- sentence
ZAR-am na-KHON lif-ne-HEM im-MAM ve-tse-e-tsa-e-HEM le-e-ne-HEM
Exegesis
A vav-conjunction then introduces a second nominal clause with tse’etsa’ehem {וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶם | və·ṣēʾəṣāʾêhēm} ‘and their offspring.’
Root and etymology
y-ṣ-‘
“to go out; offspring”
In context — Job 21:8
Their seed stands firm before them and with them, and their offspring are before their eyes .
About this coordinate
Job 21:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 21:8, so the Hebrew word וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם (vetseetsaehem) 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.21.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.8.W5.S1) and character.