Proverbs 13:18:5Prov.13.18.W5TAB
וְשׁוֹמֵ֖ר
veshomer
“but one who keeps or heeds”
- Transliteration
- ve-sho-MER
- Extended
- veh-shoh-MEER
- IPA
- /vəʃoːˈmeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- but one who keeps or heeds
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sho-MER
- clause
ve-sho-MER to-KHA-khat ye-khu-BAD
- sentence
RESH ve-ka-LON po-RE-a mu-SAR ve-sho-MER to-KHA-khat ye-khu-BAD
Exegesis
The participle porea {פּוֹרֵ֣עַ | pō-rē-ʿa} ‘refuses’ discipline establishes the negative clause, while the adversative vav on veshomer {וְשׁוֹמֵ֖ר | wə-šō-mēr} signals the counterclause centered on tokhachat {תּוֹכַ֣חַת | tō-kha-ḥat} ‘correction.’
In context — Proverbs 13:18
Poverty and disgrace will come to the one who refuses discipline , but whoever keeps correction will be honored.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 13:18, so the Hebrew word וְשׁוֹמֵ֖ר (veshomer) 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.13.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.18.W5.S1) and character.