Proverbs 11:23:6Prov.11.23.W6TAB
עֶבְרָֽה׃
evera
“wrath”
- Transliteration
- e-ve-RA
- Extended
- eh-veh-RAA
- IPA
- /ʕɛvˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- wrath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-ve-RA
- phraseyour reading level
re-sha-IM e-ve-RA
- clause
tik-VAT re-sha-IM e-ve-RA
- sentence
ta-a-VAT tsa-di-KIM AKH-TOV tik-VAT re-sha-IM e-ve-RA
Exegesis
The absence of a conjunction intensifies the contrast, culminating in evrah {עֶבְרָה | ʿeḇrāh} 'wrath'. English preserves this by mirroring the construct state as “of” phrases and maintaining balanced syntax.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Bet–Resh
“overflow, fury”
In context — Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 11:23, so the Hebrew word עֶבְרָֽה׃ (evera) 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.11.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.23.W6.S1) and character.