Proverbs 12:1:3Prov.12.1.W3TAB
אֹ֣הֵֽב
ohev
“loves”
- Transliteration
- o-HEV
- Extended
- oh-HEEV
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈheːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- loves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
o-HEV
- phraseyour reading level
o-HEV DA-at
- clause
o-HEV mu-SAR o-HEV DA-at
- sentence
o-HEV mu-SAR o-HEV DA-at ve-so-NE to-KHA-khat BA-ar
Exegesis
The verse employs a pair of Qal participles ohev {אֹהֵב | ʾō-heḇ} ‘loving’ and ve-soné {וְשֹׂנֵא | wə-śō-nēʾ} ‘hating’ to frame an antithetical parallelism typical of Hebrew wisdom poetry.
In context — Proverbs 12:1
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is senseless .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 12:1, so the Hebrew word אֹ֣הֵֽב (ohev) 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.12.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.1.W3.S1) and character.