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
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ISH
- clause
ve-ISH me-zim-MOT yar-shi-A
- 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 context — Proverbs 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.