Job 22:20:2Job.22.20.W2TAB
נִכְחַ֣ד
nikhkhad
“has been cut off”
- Transliteration
- nikh-KHAD
- Extended
- nihkh-KHAD
- IPA
- /nixˈħad/
Meaning by language
- English
- has been cut off
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nikh-KHAD
- clause
im-LO nikh-KHAD ki-MA-nu
- sentence
im-LO nikh-KHAD ki-MA-nu ve-yit-RAM o-KHE-la ESH
Exegesis
The Nifal perfect nichchad {נִכְחַד | niḵ-ḥad} ‘be cut off’ predicates the standing (qimanu {קִימָנוּ | qîmānû} ‘standing’) of the adversaries.
Root and etymology
כ־ח־ד
“to be cut off”
In context — Job 22:20
Surely our opponents are cut off, and fire has consumed what remained of them.
About this coordinate
Job 22:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 22:20, so the Hebrew word נִכְחַ֣ד (nikhkhad) 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.22.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.20.W2.S1) and character.