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

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Result
וְ֝ + רָ֗שׁ
ve + rash
verash

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-RASH

  2. clause

    ve-RASH LO-sha-MA ge-a-RA

  3. 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 contextProverbs 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.