Proverbs 16:13:4Prov.16.13.W4TAB
וְדֹבֵ֖ר
vedover
“and one speaking”
- Transliteration
- ve-do-VER
- Extended
- veh-doh-VEER
- IPA
- /vədɔˈveːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and one speaking
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 | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-do-VER
- clause
ve-do-VER ye-sha-RIM ye-e-HAV
- sentence
re-TSO-N me-la-KHIM si-fe-TEI-TSE-dek ve-do-VER ye-sha-RIM ye-e-HAV
Exegesis
The waw participle ve-dober {וְדֹבֵר | wə-dō-ḇēr} ‘and one who speaks’ together with the substantive adjective yesharim {יְשָׁרִים | yĕ-shā-rîm} ‘upright things’ functions as a nominal clause.
In context — Proverbs 16:13
Kings delight in righteous lips, and they love the one who speaks what is upright .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 16:13, so the Hebrew word וְדֹבֵ֖ר (vedover) 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.16.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.13.W4.S1) and character.