Proverbs 15:17:4Prov.15.17.W4TAB
וְאַהֲבָה־שָׁ֑ם
veahavahsham
“and love there”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-ha-VAH-SHAM
- Extended
- veh-ah-hah-VAAH-SHAAM
- IPA
- /vɛ.ʔa.haːˈvaː.ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and love there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-ha-VAH-SHAM
- clause
TOV a-ru-KHAT ya-RAK ve-a-ha-VAH-SHAM
- sentence
TOV a-ru-KHAT ya-RAK ve-a-ha-VAH-SHAM mi-SHOR a-VUS ve-sin-A-VO
Exegesis
Each clause begins with a vav in ve-ahavah sham {וְאַהֲבָה־שָׁם | wə-ʾă-hă-bâ šām} “and love there” and ve-sinah bo {וְשִׂנְאָה־בֽוֹ | wə-sînʾâ bō} “and hatred in it,” enhancing parallelism.
Root and etymology
ʾ-h-bahb
“to love”
In context — Proverbs 15:17
Better is a meal of vegetables where love is, than a fattened ox with hatred .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 15:17, so the Hebrew word וְאַהֲבָה־שָׁ֑ם (veahavahsham) 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.15.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.17.W4.S1) and character.