Proverbs 1:21:5Prov.1.21.W5TAB
שְׁעָרִ֥ים
shearim
“gates”
- Transliteration
- she-a-RIM
- Extended
- sheh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʃəʕaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- gates
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
she-a-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
she-a-RIM ba-IR
- sentence
be-ROSH ho-mi-YOT tik-RA be-fit-KHE she-a-RIM ba-IR a-ma-RE-ha to-MER
Exegesis
This is followed by bepitchei she'arim {בְּפִתְחֵי שְׁעָרִים | bə-pit-ḥê še-ʿā-rîm} ‘at the openings of the gates’, a construct chain specifying civic thresholds, and then ba'ir {בָּעִיר | bā-ʿîr} ‘in the city’, focusing the setting on the urban center.
Root and etymology
sh-'-rshin–ayin–resh
“gate”
In context — Proverbs 1:21
At the head of the noisy places she calls out; at the openings of the city gates in the city she utters her sayings .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 1:21, so the Hebrew word שְׁעָרִ֥ים (shearim) 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.1.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.21.W5.S1) and character.