Proverbs 1:12:6Prov.1.12.W6TAB
בֽוֹר׃
vor
“a pit”
- Transliteration
- VOR
- Extended
- VOHR
- IPA
- /ˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a pit
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
VOR
- phraseyour reading level
khe-yor-DE VOR
- clause
u-te-mi-MIM khe-yor-DE VOR
- sentence
niv-la-EM kish-e-OL kha-YIM u-te-mi-MIM khe-yor-DE VOR
Exegesis
The paired prepositional similes ki-she'ol {כִּשְׁא֣וֹל | ki-she-'ōl} ‘like the grave’ and ke-yordei bor {כְּיוֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר | ke-yôr-dey bōr} ‘like those who go down to the pit’ form a poetic parallelism that emphasizes completeness and inevitability.
Root and etymology
ב־ו־רb–w–r
“pit”
In context — Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them alive, like the grave , and whole, like those who go down into the pit :
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 1:12, so the Hebrew word בֽוֹר׃ (vor) 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 Prov.1.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.12.W6.S1) and character.