Job 22:3:1Job.22.3.W1TAB
הַחֵ֣פֶץ
hakhefets
“the pleasure”
- Transliteration
- ha-KHE-fets
- Extended
- hah-KHEH-fehts
- IPA
- /haˈħeː.fɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- the pleasure
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-KHE-fets
- clause
ha-KHE-fets le-sha-DAI KI tits-DAK
- sentence
ha-KHE-fets le-sha-DAI KI tits-DAK ve-im-BE-tsa ki-ta-TEM de-ra-KHE-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the question word hachefets {הַחֵ֣פֶץ | ha-che-phets | hă-ḥê-pheṣ} “delight,” introducing the first rhetorical inquiry.
In context — Job 22:3
Is there any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous? Or any profit if you make your ways blameless?
About this coordinate
Job 22:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 22:3, so the Hebrew word הַחֵ֣פֶץ (hakhefets) 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.22.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.3.W1.S1) and character.