Proverbs 10:14:5Prov.10.14.W5TAB
קְרֹבָֽה׃
kerova
“is near”
- Transliteration
- ke-RO-VA
- Extended
- keh-roh-VAA
- IPA
- /qəroːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- is near
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ke-RO-VA
- phraseyour reading level
me-KHIT-TA ke-RO-VA
- clause
u-FI-e-VIL me-KHIT-TA ke-RO-VA
- sentence
kha-kha-MIM yits-pe-NU-DA-at u-FI-e-VIL me-KHIT-TA ke-RO-VA
Exegesis
The predicate combines the noun mechittah {מְחִתָּ֥ה | mə-ḥit-tāh} ‘ruin’ with the participle qŭ-rō-vāh {קְרֹבָֽה | qŭ-rō-vāh} ‘is near’, forming the idiom ‘ruin is near’ to stress the imminent threat of foolish speech. The translation preserves the antithetical structure and underscores the causal relationship between speech and consequence.
In context — Proverbs 10:14
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 10:14, so the Hebrew word קְרֹבָֽה׃ (kerova) 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.10.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.14.W5.S1) and character.