Job 22:24:5Job.22.24.W5TAB
אוֹפִֽיר׃
ofir
“Ophir”
- Transliteration
- o-FIR
- Extended
- oh-FEER
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈfiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ophir
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-FIR
- phraseyour reading level
ne-kha-LIM o-FIR
- clause
u-ve-TSUR ne-kha-LIM o-FIR
- sentence
ve-SHIT-a-l-A-far BA-tser u-ve-TSUR ne-kha-LIM o-FIR
Exegesis
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.’
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 22:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 22:24, so the Hebrew word אוֹפִֽיר׃ (ofir) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.24.W5.S1) and character.