Proverbs 11:24:1Prov.11.24.W1TAB
יֵ֣שׁ
yesh
“there is”
- Transliteration
- YESH
- Extended
- YEESH
- IPA
- /ˈjeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- there is
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
YESH
- clause
YESH me-faz-ZER ve-no-SAF OD
- sentence
YESH me-faz-ZER ve-no-SAF OD ve-kho-SEKH mi-YO-sher AKH-le-makh-SOR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the existential particle yesh {יֵשׁ | yēš} ‘there is’, establishing an introductory statement.
Root and etymology
y-sh-ry-sh-r
“uprightness”
In context — Proverbs 11:24
There is one who scatters, yet he increases even more, and one who withholds from uprightness, but it leads only to poverty.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 11:24, so the Hebrew word יֵ֣שׁ (yesh) 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.11.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.24.W1.S1) and character.