Proverbs 1:16:5Prov.1.16.W5TAB
וִֽ֝ימַהֲר֗וּ
vimaharu
“and they hurry”
- Transliteration
- vi-ma-ha-RU
- Extended
- vih-mah-hah-RUU
- IPA
- /viː.ma.hăˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they hurry
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
vi-ma-ha-RU
- clause
vi-ma-ha-RU lish-PAKH-dam
- sentence
KI rag-le-HEM la-RA ya-RU-tsu vi-ma-ha-RU lish-PAKH-dam
Exegesis
The noun phrase ragleihem {רַגְלֵיהֶם | rag-leh-hem} ‘their feet’ functions as the subject in a coordinated clause with yarutsu {יָר֑וּצוּ | yā-rū-ṣû} ‘they run’ and viymaharu {וִימַהֲרוּ | wî-ya-ma-ha-rû} ‘they hurry’, whose imperfect forms express characteristic action.
In context — Proverbs 1:16
For their feet rush to evil, and they hasten to shed blood .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 1:16, so the Hebrew word וִֽ֝ימַהֲר֗וּ (vimaharu) 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.1.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.16.W5.S1) and character.