Job 22:24:1Job.22.24.W1TAB
וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר
veshitalafar
“and set or place upon dust”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHIT-a-l-A-far
- Extended
- veh-SHEET-ah-l-AA-fahr
- IPA
- /wəˈʃiːt.ʕal.ʕaːˈfaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and set or place upon dust
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHIT-a-l-A-far
- clause
ve-SHIT-a-l-A-far BA-tser
- sentence
ve-SHIT-a-l-A-far BA-tser u-ve-TSUR ne-kha-LIM o-FIR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction-prefixed imperative veshit {וְשִׁית־ | wə-šîṯ} ‘and place,’ issuing an instruction to devalue.
The prepositional phrases al afar {עַל־עָפָ֥ר | ʿal-ʿā-p̄ār} ‘upon dust’ and bevetsur nehalim {בְּצוּר נְחָלִ֣ים | bə-ṣur nə-ḥā-lîm} ‘on the rocks of ravines’ establish a chiastic structure that pairs afar {עָפָר | ʿā-p̄ār} ‘dust’ with batsar {בָּצֶר | bā-ṣer} ‘gold,’ and nehalim {נְחָלִים | nə-ḥā-lîm} ‘ravines’ with Ofir {אוֹפִיר | ʾō-pîr} ‘Ophir.’
Root and etymology
ʿ-p-rʿ-p-r
“dust, fine earth”
In context — Job 22:24
And set your gold upon the dust, and the gold of Ophir on the rocks of ravines .
About this coordinate
Job 22:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 22:24, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר (veshitalafar) 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.22.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.24.W1.S1) and character.