Proverbs 15:18:5Prov.15.18.W5TAB
וְאֶ֥רֶך
veerekh
“but one long”
- Transliteration
- ve-E-rekh
- Extended
- veh-EH-rehkh
- IPA
- /vəˈʔɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- but one long
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-E-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-E-rekh A-pa-YIM
- clause
ve-E-rekh A-pa-YIM yash-ki-TIT RIV
- sentence
ISH KHE-MA ye-ga-RE ma-DON ve-E-rekh A-pa-YIM yash-ki-TIT RIV
Exegesis
The Hebrew verse exhibits a chiastic antithesis (A–B, B′–A′) where the noun phrase ish chemah {אִישׁ חֵמָה | ʾîš ḥē-māh} ‘man of wrath’ is paralleled by the noun phrase erekh appayim {אֶ֥רֶךְ אַ֝פַּ֗יִם | ʾereḵ ʾap-pā-yim} ‘slow to anger.’
Root and etymology
ר־ך
“soft, tender”
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 15:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 15:18, so the Hebrew word וְאֶ֥רֶך (veerekh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.18.W5.S1) and character.