Proverbs 14:19:4Prov.14.19.W4TAB
טוֹבִ֑ים
tovim
“good ones”
- Transliteration
- to-VIM
- Extended
- toh-VEEM
- IPA
- /toːˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- good ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-VIM
- clause
sha-KHU ra-IM lif-NE to-VIM
- sentence
sha-KHU ra-IM lif-NE to-VIM u-re-sha-IM al-sha-a-RE tsa-DIK
Exegesis
The preposition lifnei {לִפְנֵ֣י | lif-nê} ‘before’ introduces the spatial complement tovim {טוֹבִ֑ים | ṭō-vîm} ‘good ones.’
Root and etymology
ט־ו־ב
“good”
In context — Proverbs 14:19
The wicked bow down before the good, and evildoers bow at the entrance of the upright .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 14:19, so the Hebrew word טוֹבִ֑ים (tovim) 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.14.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.19.W4.S1) and character.