Proverbs 12:28:3Prov.12.28.W3TAB
וְדֶ֖רֶךְ
vederekh
“and way of”
- Transliteration
- ve-DE-rekh
- Extended
- veh-DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /vəˈdɛ.rɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and way of
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-DE-rekh
- clause
ve-DE-rekh ne-ti-VA AL-ma-vet
- sentence
be-O-rakh-tse-da-KA kha-YIM ve-DE-rekh ne-ti-VA AL-ma-vet
Exegesis
The conjunction ve’derekh {וְדֶרֶךְ | wə-de-rekh} ‘and way’ introduces netivah {נְתִיבָה | nə-tî-vāh} ‘pathway’, creating parallelism.
Root and etymology
d-r-kdalet–resh–kaf
“to tread, go”
In context — Proverbs 12:28
In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 12:28, so the Hebrew word וְדֶ֖רֶךְ (vederekh) 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.12.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.28.W3.S1) and character.