Proverbs 1:22:3Prov.1.22.W3TAB
תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ־פֶ֥תִי
teehavupeti
“will you love simplicity”
- Transliteration
- te-e-ha-VU-pe-TI
- Extended
- teh-EE-hah-VOO-peh-TEE
- IPA
- /təʔeːhăˈvuː.pɛˈθiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will you love simplicity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-e-ha-VU-pe-TI
- phraseyour reading level
te-e-ha-VU-pe-TI ve-le-TSIM
- clause
ad-ma-TAI pe-ta-YIM te-e-ha-VU-pe-TI ve-le-TSIM la-TSON kham-de-VU la-HEM
- sentence
ad-ma-TAI pe-ta-YIM te-e-ha-VU-pe-TI ve-le-TSIM la-TSON kham-de-VU la-HEM u-khe-si-LIM yis-ne-U-da-AT
Exegesis
Each clause links a verb expressing preference—love (Qal imperfect teʾehavū), have desired (Qal perfect ḥāmaḏû), and hate (Qal imperfect yisnᵉʾû)—to its object: simplicity (petî {פֶתִי | peṯî}), mockery (lāṣôn {לָצוֹן | lāṣôn}), and knowledge (daʿāṯ {דָעַת | daʿāṯ}). The second clause features a verb–subject inversion for emphasis, while the third clause maintains the interrogative pattern by repeating the interrogative marker. This tripartite parallelism intensifies the rebuke, and the English retains the confrontational tone across all three questions.
Root and etymology
p-t-yPe, Tav, Yod
“to be open, naïve, lacking judgment”
In context — Proverbs 1:22
“How long, you simple ones , will you love simplicity? And scoffers, how long will you desire mockery for yourselves? And how long will fools hate knowledge ?”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 1:22, so the Hebrew word תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ־פֶ֥תִי (teehavupeti) 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.1.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.22.W3.S1) and character.