Proverbs 16:18:6Prov.16.18.W6TAB
רֽוּחַ׃
ruakh
“spirit or wind”
- Transliteration
- RU-akh
- Extended
- ROO-akh
- IPA
- /ˈruː.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- spirit or wind
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
RU-akh
- phraseyour reading level
GO-va RU-akh
- clause
ve-lif-NE khish-SHA-lon GO-va RU-akh
- sentence
lif-NE-she-VER ga-ON ve-lif-NE khish-SHA-lon GO-va RU-akh
Exegesis
In the first clause, gaon {גָּאוֹן | gā·ʾōn} ‘pride’ precedes shever {שֶׁבֶר | šĕber} ‘destruction’; in the second clause, govah ruach {גֹּבַהּ רוּחַ | gō·bāh rū·aḥ} ‘haughty spirit’ precedes kishalon {כִּשָּׁלוֹן | kiššālôn} ‘fall’. This parallel structure underscores the causal relationship between arrogance and its undoing. The formal rendering preserves the Hebrew ordering with “comes before,” while the dynamic uses “leads to” to convey inevitable consequence in contemporary English.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–vav–chet
“breath, spirit”
In context — Proverbs 16:18
Pride comes before destruction, and a haughty spirit comes before a fall.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 16:18, so the Hebrew word רֽוּחַ׃ (ruakh) 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.16.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.18.W6.S1) and character.