Proverbs 13:24:5Prov.13.24.W5TAB

וְ֝אֹהֲב֗וֹ

veohavo

but one loving him

Transliteration
ve-o-ha-VO
Extended
veh-oh-hah-VOH
IPA
/vəʔoːhăˈvoː/

Meaning by language

English
but one loving him

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Result
וְ֝ + אֹ + הֲ + ב֗וֹ
ve + o + ha + vo
veohavo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-o-ha-VO

  2. clause

    ve-o-ha-VO shi-kha-RO mu-SAR

  3. sentence

    kho-SEKH shiv-TO so-NE ve-NO ve-o-ha-VO shi-kha-RO mu-SAR

Exegesis

The adversative ve-ohavo {וְאֹהֲב֗וֹ | wə-’ō-ḥă-ḇō} “but he who loves him” introduces the positive duty, which the Piel imperfect shikharo {שִֽׁחֲר֥וֹ | ši-ḥă-rō} “seeks him early” underscores through its iterative nuance.

In contextProverbs 13:24

Whoever withholds his rod hates his son, but whoever loves him earnestly seeks discipline .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 13:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 13:24, so the Hebrew word וְ֝אֹהֲב֗וֹ (veohavo) 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.13.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.24.W5.S1) and character.