Proverbs 17:1:3Prov.17.1.W3TAB
חֲ֭רֵבָה
khareva
“dry”
- Transliteration
- kha-re-VA
- Extended
- khah-reh-VAA
- IPA
- /ħăreːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- dry
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-re-VA
- clause
TOV PAT kha-re-VA ve-shal-VA-VAH
- sentence
TOV PAT kha-re-VA ve-shal-VA-VAH mi-BA-yit ma-LE ziv-khe-RIV
Exegesis
The first phrase, p̄aṯ ḥărēḇâ {פַּת חֲ֭רֵבָה | p̄aṯ ḥărēḇâ} ‘dry morsel’, is followed by the compound prepositional phrase wə-šalwâ-bāh {וְשַׁלְוָה־בָּהּ | wə šalwâ-bāh} ‘and quietness within it’.
In context — Proverbs 17:1
Better is a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of sacrifices amid strife .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 17:1, so the Hebrew word חֲ֭רֵבָה (khareva) 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.17.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.1.W3.S1) and character.