Job 22:28:1Job.22.28.W1TAB
וְֽתִגְזַר־א֖וֹמֶר
vetigzardomer
“and you will decree a word”
- Transliteration
- ve-tig-ZAR-DO-mer
- Extended
- veh-tihg-ZAR-DOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vətɪɡˈzar.doːˈmɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you will decree a word
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-tig-ZAR-DO-mer
- clause
ve-tig-ZAR-DO-mer ve-ya-KAM LAKH
- sentence
ve-tig-ZAR-DO-mer ve-ya-KAM LAKH ve-AL-de-RA-khe-kha na-GAH OR
Exegesis
The verse opens with vetigzar {וְֽתִגְזַר | wə-tig-zar} ‘and you shall decree’, a Qal imperfect second person masculine singular with prefixed vav-consecutive that introduces a protasis.
Root and etymology
g-z-rgimel–zayin–resh
“to cut, decree”
In context — Job 22:28
And you shall decree a thing, and it shall be established for you, and light shall shine upon your ways .
About this coordinate
Job 22:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 22:28, so the Hebrew word וְֽתִגְזַר־א֖וֹמֶר (vetigzardomer) 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.22.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.28.W1.S1) and character.