Proverbs 14:33:5Prov.14.33.W5TAB
וּבְקֶ֥רֶב
uvekerev
“and in the midst of”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-KE-rev
- Extended
- oo-veh-KEH-rehv
- IPA
- /uːvəˈqɛrɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in the midst of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
u-ve-KE-rev
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-KE-rev ke-si-LIM
- clause
u-ve-KE-rev ke-si-LIM ti-va-DE-a
- sentence
be-LEV na-VON ta-NU-akh khokh-MA u-ve-KE-rev ke-si-LIM ti-va-DE-a
Exegesis
The verse employs antithetical parallelism with two locative prepositional phrases: belev {בְּלֵב | bə-lēḇ} ‘in the heart’ paired with navon {נָבוֹן | nā-vōn} ‘discerning’, and uveqerev {וּבְקֶרֶב | wə-bə-qə-rêḇ} ‘in the midst’ paired with kesilim {כְּסִילִים | kə-śî-lîm} ‘fools’.
Root and etymology
r-b-bresh–bet–bet
“many; great”
In context — Proverbs 14:33
In the heart of the discerning , wisdom rests; but in the midst of fools, it is made known.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:33:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 14:33, so the Hebrew word וּבְקֶ֥רֶב (uvekerev) 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.14.33.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.33.W5.S1) and character.