Proverbs 14:16:3Prov.14.16.W3TAB
וְסָ֣ר
vesar
“and turns aside”
- Transliteration
- ve-SAR
- Extended
- veh-SAAR
- IPA
- /wəˈsaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and turns aside
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 | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SAR
- clause
kha-KHAM ya-RE ve-SAR me-RA
- sentence
kha-KHAM ya-RE ve-SAR me-RA u-khe-SIL mit-e-AB-ber u-vo-TE-akh
Exegesis
It is followed by the coordinated participles yare {יָרֵא | yā-rēʾ} ‘fears’ and sar {סָר | sār} ‘turns aside’, each introduced by the conjunction vav to denote characteristic actions.
In context — Proverbs 14:16
A wise person fears and turns away from evil, but the fool boils over and is confident.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 14:16, so the Hebrew word וְסָ֣ר (vesar) 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.14.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.16.W3.S1) and character.