Proverbs 13:7:6Prov.13.7.W6TAB
וְה֣וֹן
vehon
“and wealth”
- Transliteration
- ve-HON
- Extended
- veh-HOHN
- IPA
- /vəˈhoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and wealth
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-HON
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HON RAV
- clause
mit-ro-SHESH ve-HON RAV
- sentence
YESH mit-e-a-SHER ve-EN KOL mit-ro-SHESH ve-HON RAV
Exegesis
The second line mirrors this pattern with the reflexive participle mitrosheish {מִתְרוֹשֵׁשׁ | mit-rō-šēš} ‘making himself poor’ followed by the affirmative phrase ve-hon rav {וְהוֹן רָב | wə-hōn rāḇ} ‘and abundant wealth’. The Hitpael stem conveys self-directed action, and the coordinating vav links the contrasting stichs, intensifying the rhetorical contrast between appearance and reality.
Root and etymology
Rootheh–vav–nun
“substance, wealth”
In context — Proverbs 13:7
There is one who makes himself rich , yet has nothing; and another who makes himself poor, yet has great wealth .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 13:7, so the Hebrew word וְה֣וֹן (vehon) 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.13.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.7.W6.S1) and character.