Proverbs 10:13:5Prov.10.13.W5TAB
וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט
veshevet
“and a rod”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHE-vet
- Extended
- veh-SHEH-veht
- IPA
- /vəˈʃeː.vɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a rod
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHE-vet
- clause
ve-SHE-vet le-GEV kha-sar-LEV
- sentence
be-sif-TE na-VON tim-ma-TSE khokh-MA ve-SHE-vet le-GEV kha-sar-LEV
Exegesis
The adversative conjunction introduces veshevet {וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט | wə-šê-vet} ‘and a rod,’ setting up a contrastive parallel.
Root and etymology
š-b-ṭshin–bet–tav
“rod, staff”
In context — Proverbs 10:13
On the lips of the discerning, wisdom will be found, but a rod is for the back of one lacking sense.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 10:13, so the Hebrew word וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט (veshevet) 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.10.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.13.W5.S1) and character.