Proverbs 17:14:7Prov.17.14.W7TAB

הָרִ֥יב

hariv

the quarrel

Transliteration
ha-RIV
Extended
haa-REEV
IPA
/haːˈriːv/

Meaning by language

English
the quarrel

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Result
הָ + רִ֥יב
ha + riv
hariv

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-RIV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-RIV ne-TOSH

  3. clause

    ve-lif-NEI hit-gal-LA ha-RIV ne-TOSH

  4. sentence

    PO-ter MA-yim re-SHIT ma-DON ve-lif-NEI hit-gal-LA ha-RIV ne-TOSH

Exegesis

The conjunction plus preposition ve-lifnei {וְלִפְנֵי | wə·lî·p̄nê} ‘and before’ introduces a temporal clause headed by the Hitpael infinitive construct hitgalla {הִתְגַּלַּע | hit·gal·lâʿ} ‘burst forth’ and its object ha-riv {הָרִיב | hā·rîḇ} ‘the quarrel’.

Root and etymology

r-y-bresh–yod–bet

to contend

In contextProverbs 17:14

Releasing water is the beginning of strife ; leave a quarrel before it bursts forth.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 17:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 17:14, so the Hebrew word הָרִ֥יב (hariv) 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.17.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.14.W7.S1) and character.