Proverbs 14:20:5Prov.14.20.W5TAB
עָשִׁ֣יר
ashir
“a rich person”
- Transliteration
- a-SHIR
- Extended
- aa-SHIHR
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈʃiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a rich person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHIR
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHIR ra-BIM
- clause
ve-o-ha-VE a-SHIR ra-BIM
- sentence
gam-le-RE-e-hu yis-sa-NE RASH ve-o-ha-VE a-SHIR ra-BIM
Exegesis
The second clause wə-’ōḥăvē ʿāšîr rabbîm {וְאֹהֲבֵי עָשִׁיר רַבִּים | wə-’ōḥăvē ʿāšîr rabbîm} ‘and lovers of rich man many’ lacks a copula, implying existence and emphasizing abundance. This antithetic parallelism contrasts social rejection of the impoverished with the popularity conferred by wealth.
Root and etymology
ayin–shin–reshayin–shin–resh
“to be rich, prosper”
In context — Proverbs 14:20
Even his own neighbor hates the poor man, but the friends of the rich man are many .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 14:20, so the Hebrew word עָשִׁ֣יר (ashir) 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.14.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.20.W5.S1) and character.