Job 39:6:2Job.39.6.W2TAB
עֲרָבָ֣ה
arava
“the steppe or arid plain”
- Transliteration
- a-ra-VA
- Extended
- ah-raa-VAA
- IPA
- /ʕă.raːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the steppe or arid plain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ra-VA
- clause
a-SHER-SAM-ti a-ra-VA BE-to
- sentence
a-SHER-SAM-ti a-ra-VA BE-to u-mish-ke-no-TAI-v me-LE-kha
Exegesis
It is followed by the noun aravah {עֲרָבָה | ʿă-rā-vāh} ‘wilderness’ in construct with beito {בֵיתוֹ | bê-tô} ‘its house’, indicating the designated habitat.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-bayin–resh–bet
“steppe, wilderness”
In context — Job 39:6
For him I have made the steppe his house and the salt land his dwelling places.
About this coordinate
Job 39:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 39:6, so the Hebrew word עֲרָבָ֣ה (arava) 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.39.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.39.6.W2.S1) and character.