Proverbs 13:12:6Prov.13.12.W6TAB
תַּאֲוָ֥ה
taava
“a desire”
- Transliteration
- ta-a-VA
- Extended
- tah-ah-VAA
- IPA
- /ta.ʔăˈwaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a desire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ta-a-VA
- phraseyour reading level
ta-a-VA va-A
- clause
ve-ETS kha-YIM ta-a-VA va-A
- sentence
to-KHE-let me-mu-sha-KHA ma-kha-LA-LEV ve-ETS kha-YIM ta-a-VA va-A
Exegesis
In the verbless clause ve-etz chayyim taavah baah {וְעֵץ חַיִּים תַּאֲוָה בָאָֽה | wə-ʿê-ts ḥay-yîm ta-ʾă-wāh bā-ʾāh}, etz chayyim ‘tree of life’ and taavah baah ‘desire comes’ form an identitarian metaphor that contrasts malady with renewal. The construct relationship in etz chayyim invokes life-giving imagery familiar from ancient wisdom literature.
Root and etymology
tav-aleph-vavtav–aleph–vav
“to desire, long for”
In context — Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred brings sickness to the heart; but when desire comes, it is a tree of life .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 13:12, so the Hebrew word תַּאֲוָ֥ה (taava) 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.13.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.12.W6.S1) and character.