Proverbs 16:30:1Prov.16.30.W1TAB
עֹצֶ֣ה
otse
“one who closes”
- Transliteration
- O-tse
- Extended
- OH-tseh
- IPA
- /ʕoˈtsɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who closes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
O-tse
- clause
O-tse E-NA-v lakh-SHOV tah-he-pu-KHOT
- sentence
O-tse E-NA-v lakh-SHOV tah-he-pu-KHOT ko-RETS se-fa-TAV kil-LA ra-A
Exegesis
The verse presents two parallel participial constructions: otse {עֹצֶה | ʿō-ṣê} ‘he closes’ with einav {עֵינָיו | ʿē-na-v} ‘his eyes’ and koretz {קֹרֵץ | kō-reṣ} ‘he compresses’ with sefatav {שְׂפָתָיו | sə-fa-tā-v} ‘his lips’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ṣ-hayin–tsade–he
“to close, shut”
In context — Proverbs 16:30
He who shuts his eyes to plan perversions , purses his lips , and brings evil to completion.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 16:30, so the Hebrew word עֹצֶ֣ה (otse) 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.16.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.30.W1.S1) and character.