Proverbs 11:27:5Prov.11.27.W5TAB
וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ
vedoresh
“and one who seeks”
- Transliteration
- ve-do-RESH
- Extended
- veh-doh-REHSH
- IPA
- /vədoˈreːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and one who seeks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
ve-do-RESH
- clause
ve-do-RESH ra-A te-VO-e-nu
- sentence
sho-KHER TOV ye-vak-KESH ra-TSON ve-do-RESH ra-A te-VO-e-nu
Exegesis
The verse uses balanced Qal participle clauses: the first clause with shokher {שֹׁ֣חֵֽר | šō-ḥēr} ‘one who seeks’ followed by tov {ט֖וֹב | ṭōv} ‘good’ as its object; the second clause begins with adversative vav {וְ | wə} plus doresh {דֹרֵ֖שׁ | dō-rēš} ‘one who searches’ taking raʿah {רָעָ֣ה | rāʿā} ‘evil’ as object.
In context — Proverbs 11:27
Whoever seeks good will find favor , but whoever searches for evil, it will come upon him .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 11:27, so the Hebrew word וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ (vedoresh) 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.11.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.27.W5.S1) and character.