Job 22:29:4Job.22.29.W4TAB
וְשַׁ֖ח
veshakh
“and low”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHAKH
- Extended
- veh-SHAHKH
- IPA
- /vəˈʃaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and low
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHAKH
- clause
ve-SHAKH e-NA-yim yo-SHI-a
- sentence
ki-hish-PI-lu va-TO-mer GE-va ve-SHAKH e-NA-yim yo-SHI-a
Exegesis
The participle veshach {וְשַׁח | wə-šaḥ} ‘lowly’ with ’ênāyim {עֵינַיִם | ’ênāyim} ‘eyes’ forms an idiom for humble persons.
In context — Job 22:29
For when they are brought low and you say, “It is pride,” then He will save those with modest perspective .
About this coordinate
Job 22:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 22:29, so the Hebrew word וְשַׁ֖ח (veshakh) 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.22.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.29.W4.S1) and character.