Job 22:16:3Job.22.16.W3TAB
נָ֝הָ֗ר
nahar
“a river”
- Transliteration
- na-HAR
- Extended
- naa-HAAR
- IPA
- /naːˈhaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a river
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-HAR
- clause
na-HAR yu-TSAK ye-so-DAM
- sentence
a-sher-KUM-me-tu ve-LO-ET na-HAR yu-TSAK ye-so-DAM
Exegesis
The noun-verb sequence nahar yutsak {נָהָר יוּצַק | nā-hār yū-ṣaq} uses the Hophal imperfect to portray the river as agent of forceful destruction.
Root and etymology
n-h-rnun–heh–resh
“river, flow”
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 22:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 22:16, so the Hebrew word נָ֝הָ֗ר (nahar) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.16.W3.S1) and character.