Proverbs 1:28:4Prov.1.28.W4TAB
אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה
eene
“I will answer”
- Transliteration
- e-e-NE
- Extended
- eh-eh-NEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛ.ʕɛˈnɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will answer
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-e-NE
- clause
AZ yik-ra-U-n-ne-NI ve-LO e-e-NE
- sentence
AZ yik-ra-U-n-ne-NI ve-LO e-e-NE ye-sha-kha-RU-n-ne-NI ve-LO yim-tsa-U-n-ne-NI
Exegesis
The first concessive pair, yikra'unneni {יִקְרָאֻנְנִי | yiqrāʼunnî} ‘they will call me’ contrasted with wə-lō ʾeʿēneh {וְלֹא אֶעֱנֶה | wə-lō ʾeʿēneh} ‘but I will not answer’, is mirrored by the second pair, Piel yeshaḥarunni {יְשַׁחֲרֻנְנִי | yǝšaḥarunnî} ‘they will seek me early’ with its negation wə-lō yimṣāʼunnî {וְלֹא יִמְצָאֻנְנִי | wə-lō yimṣāʼunnî} ‘but they will not find me’. This ABBA chiastic structure intensifies refusal. The Piel stem heightens earnest seeking at dawn, and the adversative conjunction wə-lō conveys resolute denial. The parallel English clauses preserve the Hebrew contrasts by repeating “but” and mirroring verb pairs.
In context — Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call me, but I will not answer ; they will seek me early , but they will not find me.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 1:28, so the Hebrew word אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה (eene) 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.1.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.28.W4.S1) and character.