Proverbs 14:30:5Prov.14.30.W5TAB
וּרְקַ֖ב
urekav
“and rottenness of”
- Transliteration
- u-re-KAV
- Extended
- oo-reh-KAHV
- IPA
- /uːrəˈqav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and rottenness of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-re-KAV
- clause
u-re-KAV a-tsa-MOT kin-A
- sentence
kha-YE ve-sa-RIM LEV mar-PE u-re-KAV a-tsa-MOT kin-A
Exegesis
The adversative ū-rə-qāḇ ʿă-ṣā-mōṯ {וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת | ū-rə-qāḇ ʿă-ṣā-mōṯ} ‘and decay of bones’ introduces the contrasting predicate with kinah {קִנְאָֽה | qi-nə-ʾāh} ‘envy’, forming a chiastic parallelism (A: heart/healing // B: envy/decay) that underscores moral and physical consequences.
Root and etymology
ר־ק־ב
“rot, decay”
In context — Proverbs 14:30
A healing heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is decay to the bones.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 14:30, so the Hebrew word וּרְקַ֖ב (urekav) 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.14.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.30.W5.S1) and character.