Proverbs 18:24:2Prov.18.24.W2TAB
רֵ֭עִים
reim
“friends”
- Transliteration
- re-IM
- Extended
- reh-EEM
- IPA
- /rɛːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- friends
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-IM
- clause
ISH re-IM le-hit-ro-E-a
- sentence
ISH re-IM le-hit-ro-E-a ve-YESH o-HEV da-VEK me-AKH
Exegesis
The proverb begins with ish {אִ֣ישׁ | ʾîš} indicating a person in construct with re'im {רֵ֭עִים | rêˀîm}, producing the idiom “man of friends.”
Root and etymology
resh–ayin–ayinr–ʿ–ʿ
“companion, friend”
In context — Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may be brought to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 18:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 18:24, so the Hebrew word רֵ֭עִים (reim) 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.18.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.18.24.W2.S1) and character.