Proverbs 18:20:7Prov.18.20.W7TAB
יִשְׂבָּֽע׃
yisbaa
“he is satisfied”
- Transliteration
- yis-ba-A
- Extended
- yihs-baa
- IPA
- /jis.baːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he is satisfied
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
yis-ba-A
- phraseyour reading level
se-fa-TAV yis-ba-A
- clause
te-vu-AT se-fa-TAV yis-ba-A
- sentence
mip-re-I fi-I-ISH tis-be-A bit-NO te-vu-AT se-fa-TAV yis-ba-A
Exegesis
The second half mirrors this structure through tevuat {תְּבוּאַ֖ת | təḇû’āṯ} ‘the yield’ linked to sefatav {שְׂפָתָ֣יו | səfātāyw} ‘of his lips’ and the imperfect yisba {יִשְׂבָּֽע | yiśba‘} ‘will be filled.’ This synthetic parallelism, underscored by the shift from the feminine tishba with the feminine noun betno to the masculine yisba with the implied subject, highlights how the construct chains and imperfect verb pairs reinforce the wisdom theme that words produce tangible satisfaction.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–bet–ayin
“to be satisfied”
In context — Proverbs 18:20
From the fruit of a man’s mouth, his belly will be satisfied; from the yield of his lips, he will be filled.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 18:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 18:20, so the Hebrew word יִשְׂבָּֽע׃ (yisbaa) 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.18.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.18.20.W7.S1) and character.