Proverbs 15:17:7Prov.15.17.W7TAB
וְשִׂנְאָה־בֽוֹ׃
vesinavo
“and hatred in it”
- Transliteration
- ve-sin-A-VO
- Extended
- veh-sihn-AH-VOH
- IPA
- /vɛ.sinˈʔaː.voː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and hatred in it
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sin-A-VO
- clause
mi-SHOR a-VUS ve-sin-A-VO
- 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
s-n-ʾsnʾ
“hatred”
In context — Proverbs 15:17
Better is a meal of vegetables where love is, than a fattened ox with hatred .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 15:17, so the Hebrew word וְשִׂנְאָה־בֽוֹ׃ (vesinavo) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.17.W7.S1) and character.