Proverbs 14:30:7Prov.14.30.W7TAB
קִנְאָֽה׃
kina
“jealousy or envy”
- Transliteration
- kin-A
- Extended
- kihn-AA
- IPA
- /qinˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- jealousy or envy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kin-A
- phraseyour reading level
a-tsa-MOT kin-A
- 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
ק־נ־א
“jealousy, zealous passion”
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 14:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 14:30, so the Hebrew word קִנְאָֽה׃ (kina) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.30.W7.S1) and character.