Proverbs 11:12:1Prov.11.12.W1TAB
בָּז־לְרֵעֵ֥הוּ
bazlereehu
“one who despises his neighbor”
- Transliteration
- BAZ-le-re-E-hu
- Extended
- BAAZ-leh-ree-EE-hoo
- IPA
- /baːz.ləreːˈʕeː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who despises his neighbor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BAZ-le-re-E-hu
- clause
BAZ-le-re-E-hu kha-SAR-LEV
- sentence
BAZ-le-re-E-hu kha-SAR-LEV ve-ISH te-vu-NOT ya-kha-RISH
Exegesis
The clause baz-le-re'ehu {בָּז־לְרֵעֵ֥הוּ | bāz-lə-rē-ʿê-hû} ‘he despises his neighbor’ introduces the action, immediately qualified by khasar-lev {חֲסַר־לֵב | ḥa-sar-lēv} ‘lacking heart’, an idiom for absence of sound judgment.
Root and etymology
b-zbz
“to despise, show contempt”
In context — Proverbs 11:12
Whoever despises his neighbor is lacking heart , but a man of understanding keeps silent.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 11:12, so the Hebrew word בָּז־לְרֵעֵ֥הוּ (bazlereehu) 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.11.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.12.W1.S1) and character.