Proverbs 14:29:4Prov.14.29.W4TAB
וּקְצַר־ר֝֗וּחַ
uketsarruakh
“and short of spirit”
- Transliteration
- u-ke-TSAR-ru-akh
- Extended
- oo-keh-TSAHR-roo-ahkh
- IPA
- /u.qətsar.ruˈaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and short of spirit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ke-TSAR-ru-akh
- clause
u-ke-TSAR-ru-akh me-RIM i-VE-let
- sentence
E-rekh a-PA-yim rav-te-vu-NA u-ke-TSAR-ru-akh me-RIM i-VE-let
Exegesis
The proverb uses antithetical parallelism through two adjectival constructs: erekh appayim {אֶ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם | ʾĕ-rêḵ ʼap-pă-yim} ‘slow to anger’ versus u-ketsar-ruach {וּקְצַר־ר֝֗וּחַ | wə-qə-ṣar-rû-ăḥ} ‘short of spirit’. These protasis clauses introduce contrasting temperaments.
Root and etymology
r-w-ḥresh–vav–chet
“wind; spirit”
In context — Proverbs 14:29
One who is slow to anger has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered lifts up folly.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 14:29, so the Hebrew word וּקְצַר־ר֝֗וּחַ (uketsarruakh) 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.14.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.29.W4.S1) and character.