Proverbs 15:18:3Prov.15.18.W3TAB
יְגָרֶ֣ה
yegare
“stirs up”
- Transliteration
- ye-ga-RE
- Extended
- yeh-gah-REH
- IPA
- /jəɣaːˈrɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- stirs up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ga-RE
- clause
ISH KHE-MA ye-ga-RE ma-DON
- sentence
ISH KHE-MA ye-ga-RE ma-DON ve-E-rekh A-pa-YIM yash-ki-TIT RIV
Exegesis
The verbs yegareh {יְגָרֶ֣ה | yə-gā-reh} ‘he stirs up’ and yashqit {יַשְׁקִ֥יט | yaš-qîṭ} ‘he causes to be quiet’ create the opposing actions of escalation and de-escalation.
In context — Proverbs 15:18
A man of wrath stirs up strife , but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 15:18, so the Hebrew word יְגָרֶ֣ה (yegare) 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.15.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.18.W3.S1) and character.