Proverbs 17:5:4Prov.17.5.W4TAB
עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ
osehu
“his Maker”
- Transliteration
- o-SE-hu
- Extended
- oh-SEE-hoo
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈseː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his Maker
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
o-SE-hu
- clause
lo-EG la-RASH khe-REF o-SE-hu
- sentence
lo-EG la-RASH khe-REF o-SE-hu sa-ME-akh le-ED LO yi-NA-ke
Exegesis
The perfect verb cheref {חֵרֵף | ḥē-rēp} intensifies the completed act against osehu {עֹשֵׂהוּ | ʿōsēhû} ‘his Maker’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ś-hayin–sin–he
“to do, make”
In context — Proverbs 17:5
Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker , and whoever rejoices in calamity will not go unpunished .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 17:5, so the Hebrew word עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ (osehu) 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.17.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.5.W4.S1) and character.