Proverbs 14:1:7Prov.14.1.W7TAB
תֶהֶרְסֶֽנּוּ׃
teheresenu
“she tears it down”
- Transliteration
- te-HE-re-SE-nu
- Extended
- teh-HEH-reh-SEH-nnoo
- IPA
- /təˈhɛr.se nːuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she tears it down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
te-HE-re-SE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
be-ya-DE-ha te-HE-re-SE-nu
- clause
ve-i-VE-let be-ya-DE-ha te-HE-re-SE-nu
- sentence
khakh-MOT na-SHIM ban-TA bei-TAH ve-i-VE-let be-ya-DE-ha te-HE-re-SE-nu
Exegesis
Instrumental agency appears in beyadeha {בְּיָדֶ֥יהָ | bə·yā·ḏe·hā} “with her hands,” and teheresennu {תֶהֶרְסֶֽנּוּ | te·her·se·n·nū} “she tears it down” is an imperfect verb indicating habitual action. The parallelism of building versus tearing down highlights the moral contrast between wisdom and folly.
In context — Proverbs 14:1
A wise woman builds up her house , but a foolish woman pulls it down with her hands .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 14:1, so the Hebrew word תֶהֶרְסֶֽנּוּ׃ (teheresenu) 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.14.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.1.W7.S1) and character.