Proverbs 12:28:4Prov.12.28.W4TAB
נְתִיבָ֣ה
netiva
“a pathway”
- Transliteration
- ne-ti-VA
- Extended
- neh-tih-VAA
- IPA
- /nəθiːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a pathway
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ne-ti-VA
- phraseyour reading level
ne-ti-VA AL-ma-vet
- 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.
In context — Proverbs 12:28
In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 12:28, so the Hebrew word נְתִיבָ֣ה (netiva) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.28.W4.S1) and character.