Proverbs 13:8:3Prov.13.8.W3TAB
עָשְׁר֑וֹ
ashrev
“his wealth”
- Transliteration
- ASH-rev
- Extended
- AAH-sheh-ROH
- IPA
- /ʕaːʃˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his wealth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ASH-rev
- clause
KO-fer NE-fesh-Ish ASH-rev
- sentence
KO-fer NE-fesh-Ish ASH-rev ve-RASH LO-sha-MA ge-a-RA
Exegesis
Asro {עָשְׁרוֹ | ʿā-šərô} ‘his wealth’ completes the first clause.
Root and etymology
ʿ-š-rayin–shin–resh
“to be rich”
In context — Proverbs 13:8
The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth, but a poor person does not hear threat .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 13:8, so the Hebrew word עָשְׁר֑וֹ (ashrev) 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.13.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.8.W3.S1) and character.