Proverbs 14:5:7Prov.14.5.W7TAB
עֵ֣ד
ed
“a witness”
- Transliteration
- ED
- Extended
- EED
- IPA
- /ˈʕeːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- a witness
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
ED
- phraseyour reading level
ED SHA-ker
- clause
ve-ya-FI-akh ke-za-VIM ED SHA-ker
- sentence
ED e-mu-NIM LO ye-khaz-ZEV ve-ya-FI-akh ke-za-VIM ED SHA-ker
Exegesis
The proverb begins with ed {עֵד | ʿêd} ‘witness’ modified by emunim {אֱמוּנִים | ʾĕ-mu-nîm} ‘faithful,’ forming a nominal clause.
The vav-prefixed Hiphil ve-yafiakh {וְיָפִיחַ | wə-yā-pî-aḥ} ‘and-he-speaks’ intensifies the act of expelling falsehoods (kezavim {כְּזָבִים | kə-zā-ḇîm} ‘lies’) before the concluding parallel ed shaker {עֵד שָׁקֶר | ʿêd šā-qer} ‘false witness,’ reinforcing the ethical contrast by chiastic parallelism.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–vav–dalet
“to bear witness”
In context — Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 14:5, so the Hebrew word עֵ֣ד (ed) 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.14.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.5.W7.S1) and character.