Proverbs 10:15:2Prov.10.15.W2TAB
עָ֭שִׁיר
ashir
“of a rich man”
- Transliteration
- A-SHIR
- Extended
- aa-SHEER
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈʃiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- of a rich man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
A-SHIR
- clause
HON A-SHIR kir-YAT U-ZO
- sentence
HON A-SHIR kir-YAT U-ZO me-khi-TAT da-LIM REI-sham
Exegesis
The verse opens with hon {הוֹן | hōn} ‘wealth’ as the subject, followed by ashir {עָשִּׁיר | ʿā-šîr} ‘of the rich’ in construct, marking possession.
Root and etymology
ʿ-š-r
“to enrich”
In context — Proverbs 10:15
The wealth of the rich is a fortified city , but the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 10:15, so the Hebrew word עָ֭שִׁיר (ashir) 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.10.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.15.W2.S1) and character.