Job 22:6:3Job.22.6.W3TAB
חִנָּ֑ם
khinam
“for nothing”
- Transliteration
- khi-NAM
- Extended
- khi-NAAM
- IPA
- /ħinˈnaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for nothing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khi-NAM
- clause
ki-takh-BOL a-KHE-kha khi-NAM
- sentence
ki-takh-BOL a-KHE-kha khi-NAM u-vig-DE a-ru-MIM taf-SHIT
Exegesis
The adverb ḥinnām {חִנָּם | ḥinnām} ‘for nothing’ heightens the moral force by stating there is no legitimate ground for the seizure.
Root and etymology
consonantsHet–Nun–Nun
“to show favor”
In context — Job 22:6
For you take a pledge from your brother for nothing, and you strip off garments of the naked.
About this coordinate
Job 22:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 22:6, so the Hebrew word חִנָּ֑ם (khinam) 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.22.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.6.W3.S1) and character.