Proverbs 13:8:4Prov.13.8.W4TAB
וְ֝רָ֗שׁ
verash
“but a poor man”
- Transliteration
- ve-RASH
- Extended
- veh-RAASH
- IPA
- /wəˈraːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- but a poor man
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-RASH
- clause
ve-RASH LO-sha-MA ge-a-RA
- sentence
KO-fer NE-fesh-Ish ASH-rev ve-RASH LO-sha-MA ge-a-RA
Exegesis
The adversative ve-rash {וְ֝רָשׁ | wə-rāš} ‘but poor person’ shifts to the contrasting subject.
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 13:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 13:8, so the Hebrew word וְ֝רָ֗שׁ (verash) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.8.W4.S1) and character.