Proverbs 15:23:4Prov.15.23.W4TAB
וְדָבָ֖ר
vedavar
“and a word”
- Transliteration
- ve-da-VAR
- Extended
- veh-daa-VAAR
- IPA
- /vədəˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a word
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-da-VAR
- clause
ve-da-VAR be-i-TO ma-TOV
- sentence
sim-KHA la-ISH be-ma-a-NE-fi-V ve-da-VAR be-i-TO ma-TOV
Exegesis
The conjunction vedavar {וְדָבָר | wə-ḏā-wār} ‘and a word’ introduces the second clause, paralleled by the prepositional phrase be’ito {בְּעִתּוֹ | bə-ʿit-tô} ‘in its time’.
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“to speak”
In context — Proverbs 15:23
Joy comes to a man by the answer of his mouth, and a word in its time , how good it is!
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 15:23, so the Hebrew word וְדָבָ֖ר (vedavar) 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.15.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.23.W4.S1) and character.