Job 23:3:1Job.23.3.W1TAB
מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן
miyitten
“who will grant or would give”
- Transliteration
- mi-yit-TEN
- Extended
- mih-yit-TEEN
- IPA
- /miː.jitˈteːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- who will grant or would give
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-yit-TEN
- clause
mi-yit-TEN ya-DA-ti ve-em-tsa-E-hu
- sentence
mi-yit-TEN ya-DA-ti ve-em-tsa-E-hu a-VO ad-te-khu-na-TO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the jussive wish idiom mi-yitten {מִי־יִתֵּן | mî yittên} ‘who would give,’ expressing Job’s intense longing for divine access.
In context — Job 23:3
Oh, that I knew where I might find Him ; I would come even to His seat .
About this coordinate
Job 23:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 23:3, so the Hebrew word מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן (miyitten) 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.23.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.23.3.W1.S1) and character.