Proverbs 12:11:1Prov.12.11.W1TAB
עֹבֵ֣ד
oved
“one working or cultivating”
- Transliteration
- O-ved
- Extended
- OH-vehd
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈvɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- one working or cultivating
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
O-ved
- clause
O-ved ad-ma-TO yis-be-A-la-khem
- sentence
O-ved ad-ma-TO yis-be-A-la-khem u-me-rad-DEF re-KIM kha-SAR-LEV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the participial subject phrase oved {עֹבֵד | ʿō-wēḏ} ‘one who works’ modified by admato {אַדְמָתוֹ | ʾaḏ-mā-ṯō} ‘his land’, a construction typical of Hebrew proverbial parallelism.
Root and etymology
ע־ב־ד
“to work, serve”
In context — Proverbs 12:11
The one who works his land will be satisfied with bread, but whoever pursues empty things is lacking heart.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 12:11, so the Hebrew word עֹבֵ֣ד (oved) 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.12.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.11.W1.S1) and character.