Proverbs 10:18:2Prov.10.18.W2TAB
שִׂ֭נְאָה
sina
“hatred”
- Transliteration
- sin-A
- Extended
- sihn-AH
- IPA
- /sinˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hatred
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sin-A
- clause
me-kha-SE sin-A sif-TE-sha-KER
- sentence
me-kha-SE sin-A sif-TE-sha-KER u-mo-TSI dib-BA HU khe-SIL
Exegesis
The verse begins with the Piel participle mekhaseh {מְכַסֶּה | mĕ-ḵas-seh} ‘covering’ governing sinʾāh {שִׂנְאָה | sin-ʾāh} ‘hatred’ as its object.
Root and etymology
RootShin–Nun–Aleph
“to hate, to bear enmity”
In context — Proverbs 10:18
One who covers hatred has lips of falsehood, and one who brings out slander is a fool.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 10:18, so the Hebrew word שִׂ֭נְאָה (sina) 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.10.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.18.W2.S1) and character.