Proverbs 14:2:3Prov.14.2.W3TAB
יְרֵ֣א
yere
“fears”
- Transliteration
- ye-RE
- Extended
- yeh-REE
- IPA
- /jəˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- fears
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-RE
- clause
ho-LEKH be-ya-SHRO ye-RE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ho-LEKH be-ya-SHRO ye-RE ye-ho-VAH u-ne-LOZ de-ra-KHAV bo-ZE-hu
Exegesis
It opens with holekh beyashro {הוֹלֵךְ בְּיָשְׁרוֹ | hô-lēḵ bə-yā-šer} ‘one walking in integrity,’ serving as the subject, followed by the predicate yarei YHWH {יְרֵא יְהוָה | yə-rēʾ Yəhōwāh} ‘fears the LORD.’
Root and etymology
“to fear, revere”
In context — Proverbs 14:2
Whoever walks in uprightness fears the LORD , but whoever is crooked in his ways despises Him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 14:2, so the Hebrew word יְרֵ֣א (yere) 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.14.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.2.W3.S1) and character.