Proverbs 11:22:7Prov.11.22.W7TAB

וְסָ֣רַת

vesarat

and turning aside from

Transliteration
ve-sa-RAT
Extended
veh-saa-RAT
IPA
/vəsɑːˈrat/

Meaning by language

English
and turning aside from

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Result
וְ + סָ֣ + רַת
ve + sa + rat
vesarat

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Samekhs as in sit
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-sa-RAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-sa-RAT TA-am

  3. clause

    i-SHA ya-FA ve-sa-RAT TA-am

  4. sentence

    NE-zem za-HAV be-AF kha-ZIR i-SHA ya-FA ve-sa-RAT TA-am

Exegesis

The Hebrew clause is a verbless comparative built on two parallel construct chains: nezem zahav be’af khazir {נֶזֶם זָהָב בְּאַף חֲזִיר | neẓem zahāv bə-ʾap̄ ḥăẓîr} ‘ring of gold in a pig’s snout’ and ishah yafah ve-sarat ta’am {אִשָּׁה יָפָה וְסָרַת טָעַם | ’iššāh yāp̄āh wə-sā-raṯ ṭā‛am} ‘a beautiful woman, turned aside from discretion.’

Root and etymology

Rootsamekh–vav–resh

to turn aside

In contextProverbs 11:22

Like a ring of gold in a pig’s snout, so is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 11:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 11:22, so the Hebrew word וְסָ֣רַת (vesarat) 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.11.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.22.W7.S1) and character.