Proverbs 12:2:5Prov.12.2.W5TAB

וְאִ֖ישׁ

veish

and a man

Transliteration
ve-ISH
Extended
veh-EESH
IPA
/vəˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
and a man

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Result
וְ + אִ֖ישׁ
ve + ish
veish

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ISH

  2. clause

    ve-ISH me-zim-MOT yar-shi-A

  3. sentence

    TOV ya-FIK ra-TSON me-ye-ho-VAH ve-ISH me-zim-MOT yar-shi-A

Exegesis

The verse employs antithetic parallelism, contrasting tov {טוֹב | ṭôḇ} ‘good’ with ish mezimot {אִישׁ מְזִמּוֹת | ʾîš mə-zim-môṯ} ‘man of schemes’.

In contextProverbs 12:2

A good person obtains favor from the LORD , but the LORD condemns a man of wicked schemes.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 12:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 12:2, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֖ישׁ (veish) 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.12.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.2.W5.S1) and character.