Job 21:9:2Job.21.9.W2TAB
שָׁל֣וֹם
shalom
“peace or safety”
- Transliteration
- sha-LOM
- Extended
- shaa-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- peace or safety
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LOM
- clause
ba-TEI-hem sha-LOM mi-PA-khad
- sentence
ba-TEI-hem sha-LOM mi-PA-khad ve-LO SHE-vet e-lo-AH a-LEI-hem
Exegesis
The verse opens with the nominal clause batteihem {בָּתֵּיהֶם | bā-tê-hem} ‘their houses’ followed by shalom {שָׁלוֹם | šā-lōm} ‘peace’ modified by the prepositional phrase mi-pachad {מִפָּחַד | mi-pā-ḥaḏ} ‘from fear’.
Root and etymology
sh-l-mshin–lamed–mem
“completeness, peace”
In context — Job 21:9
Their houses are at peace from fear, and the rod of God is not upon them.
About this coordinate
Job 21:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 21:9, so the Hebrew word שָׁל֣וֹם (shalom) 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.21.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.9.W2.S1) and character.