Job 22:16:1Job.22.16.W1TAB
אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּט֥וּ
asherkummetu
“who were seized or snatched away”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-KUM-me-tu
- Extended
- ah-shehr-KUHM-meh-too
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃɛr.qumˈtːuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who were seized or snatched away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-KUM-me-tu
- clause
a-sher-KUM-me-tu ve-LO-ET
- sentence
a-sher-KUM-me-tu ve-LO-ET na-HAR yu-TSAK ye-so-DAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘who’, linking this description to preceding judgment contexts.
The Pual perfect kumtu {קֻמְּטוּ | qum·ṭū} conveys a completed passive removal at a specific moment.
Root and etymology
k-m-ṭkaf–mem–tet
“to be snatched away”
In context — Job 22:16
Those who were snatched away before their time, when a river was poured out on their foundation .
About this coordinate
Job 22:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 22:16, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּט֥וּ (asherkummetu) 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.22.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.16.W1.S1) and character.