Proverbs 13:5:6Prov.13.5.W6TAB

וְיַחְפִּֽיר׃

veyakhpir

and he brings disgrace or acts shamefully

Transliteration
ve-yakh-PIR
Extended
veh-yahkh-PEER
IPA
/wəjaxˈpiːr/

Meaning by language

English
and he brings disgrace or acts shamefully

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + יַחְ + פִּֽיר׃
ve + yakh + pir
veyakhpir

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-yakh-PIR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    yav-e-ISH ve-yakh-PIR

  3. clause

    ve-ra-SHA yav-e-ISH ve-yakh-PIR

  4. sentence

    de-VAR-SHE-ker yis-NA tsa-DIK ve-ra-SHA yav-e-ISH ve-yakh-PIR

Exegesis

The subsequent Hifil imperfect yaḇ-ʾîš {יַבְאִ֥ישׁ | yaḇ-ʾîš} ‘he-causes-disgust’ followed by the Qal imperfect wə-yaḥ-pîr {וְיַחְפִּֽיר | wə-yaḥ-pîr} ‘and-he-brings-disgrace’ creates a climactic sequence that intensifies the shameful fate of the wicked, reinforcing the proverb’s moral polarity.

In contextProverbs 13:5

A righteous person hates falsehood, but a wicked person acts shamefully and brings disgrace.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 13:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 13:5, so the Hebrew word וְיַחְפִּֽיר׃ (veyakhpir) 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.13.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.5.W6.S1) and character.