Proverbs 18:11:6Prov.18.11.W6TAB
נִ֝שְׂגָּבָ֗ה
nisegava
“set high”
- Transliteration
- ni-se-GA-va
- Extended
- nih-seh-GAA-vah
- IPA
- /nisˈgaːvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- set high
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ni-se-GA-va
- phraseyour reading level
u-khe-kho-MA ni-se-GA-va
- clause
u-khe-kho-MA ni-se-GA-va be-mas-KIT-o
- sentence
HON a-SHIR kir-YAT u-ZO u-khe-kho-MA ni-se-GA-va be-mas-KIT-o
Exegesis
The conjunction–preposition u-khe-chomah {וּכְחוֹמָה | u-kḥōmāh} introduces a simile (“and like a wall”), with the Niphal participle nissgavāh {נִשְׂגָּבָה | nissgavāh} ‘stands high’ emphasizing inaccessibility.
Root and etymology
Rootsin–gimel–bet
“to be high, exalted”
In context — Proverbs 18:11
The rich man’s wealth is the city of his strength, and it is like a high wall in his imagination .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 18:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 18:11, so the Hebrew word נִ֝שְׂגָּבָ֗ה (nisegava) 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.18.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.18.11.W6.S1) and character.