Proverbs 12:3:4Prov.12.3.W4TAB
וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ
veshoresh
“and a root”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHO-resh
- Extended
- veh-SHOH-rehsh
- IPA
- /wəˈʃoː.rɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a root
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHO-resh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHO-resh tsa-di-KIM
- clause
ve-SHO-resh tsa-di-KIM bal-yim-MOT
- sentence
lo-YI-kon a-DAM be-RE-sha ve-SHO-resh tsa-di-KIM bal-yim-MOT
Exegesis
The second clause begins with the conjunctive particle wə {וְ | wə} attached to the construct noun shoresh {שֹׁרֶשׁ | šō-reš} ‘root’, forming “and-root” before the plural noun tzaddikim {צַדִּיקִים | ṣaḏ-dī-qîm} in construct relationship ‘of the righteous’.
Root and etymology
š-r-šshin–resh–shin
“root, foundation”
In context — Proverbs 12:3
A man will not be established by wickedness , but the root of the righteous will not be moved.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 12:3, so the Hebrew word וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ (veshoresh) 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.12.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.3.W4.S1) and character.