Proverbs 14:2:7Prov.14.2.W7TAB
בּוֹזֵֽהוּ׃
bozehu
“despises him”
- Transliteration
- bo-ZE-hu
- Extended
- boh-ZEE-hoo
- IPA
- /boːˈzeːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- despises him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bo-ZE-hu
- phraseyour reading level
de-ra-KHAV bo-ZE-hu
- clause
u-ne-LOZ de-ra-KHAV bo-ZE-hu
- sentence
ho-LEKH be-ya-SHRO ye-RE ye-ho-VAH u-ne-LOZ de-ra-KHAV bo-ZE-hu
Exegesis
The adversative conjunction wə-nə-LOZ derakhav {וּנְלֹז דְּרָכָיו | wə-nə-lōz də-rā-ḵāw} ‘and one twisting his ways’ signals the contrast, and the final participle bozehu {בּוֹזֵהוּ | bō-zē-hū} ‘despises him’ returns the reference to the divine. The chiastic structure—uprightness versus crookedness—along with repeated participial subjects and corresponding predicates, underscores the moral dichotomy.
Root and etymology
b-z-hbet–zayin–heh
“to despise, reject”
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 14:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 14:2, so the Hebrew word בּוֹזֵֽהוּ׃ (bozehu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.2.W7.S1) and character.