Proverbs 13:9:3Prov.13.9.W3TAB
וְנֵ֖ר
vener
“and lamp of”
- Transliteration
- ve-NER
- Extended
- veh-NEER
- IPA
- /vəˈneːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and lamp of
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-NER
- clause
ve-NER re-sha-IM yid-e-AKH
- sentence
OR-tsa-di-KIM yis-me-AKH ve-NER re-sha-IM yid-e-AKH
Exegesis
A parallel construct begins with ve-ner {וְנֵ֖ר | wə-nêr} ‘and lamp’, linked to resha’im {רְשָׁעִִם | re-ša‛îm} ‘wicked’.
In context — Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous will rejoice, but the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 13:9, so the Hebrew word וְנֵ֖ר (vener) 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.13.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.9.W3.S1) and character.