Proverbs 15:25:2Prov.15.25.W2TAB
גֵּ֭אִים
geiim
“proud ones”
- Transliteration
- ge-IIM
- Extended
- geh-EEEM
- IPA
- /ɡɛˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- proud ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-IIM
- clause
BET ge-IIM yis-SAKH ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
BET ge-IIM yis-SAKH ye-ho-VAH ve-yats-TSAV ge-VUL al-ma-NA
Exegesis
The verse uses antithetical parallelism by pairing two construct phrases—beit ge’im {בֵּ֣ית גֵּ֭אִים | bêyt gēʾı̂m} ‘house of the proud’ and gevul almanah {גְּב֣וּל אַלְמָנָֽה | gəbūl ʾalmānāh} ‘boundary of the widow.’
Root and etymology
ג־א־ה
“to be high, exalted”
In context — Proverbs 15:25
The LORD will tear down the house of the proud , but He will establish the boundary of the widow.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 15:25, so the Hebrew word גֵּ֭אִים (geiim) 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.15.25.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.25.W2.S1) and character.