Proverbs 11:14:6Prov.11.14.W6TAB
יוֹעֵֽץ׃
yoets
“a counselor”
- Transliteration
- yo-ETS
- Extended
- yoh-EETS
- IPA
- /joˈʕeːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- a counselor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-ETS
- phraseyour reading level
be-ROV yo-ETS
- clause
u-te-shu-A be-ROV yo-ETS
- sentence
be-EN takh-bu-LOT yip-PAL-AM u-te-shu-A be-ROV yo-ETS
Exegesis
The construct phrase berov yo'etz {בְּרֹ֣ב יוֹעֵֽץ | bə-rōḇ yō‘êṣ} ‘in multitude of counselor’ uses a singular noun with distributive force to mean ‘many counselors,’ reinforcing the parallelism of cause and remedy.
Root and etymology
“to advise”
In context — Proverbs 11:14
Where there is no counsel , the people fall; but in the abundance of counselors there is deliverance .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 11:14, so the Hebrew word יוֹעֵֽץ׃ (yoets) 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.11.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.14.W6.S1) and character.