Proverbs 19:13:1Prov.19.13.W1TAB

הַוֺּ֣ת

havot

ruin or calamity

Transliteration
ha-VOT
Extended
hah-VOHT
IPA
/haˈvoːt/

Meaning by language

English
ruin or calamity

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + וֺּ֣ת
ha + vot
havot

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh'
Tavt as in top

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-VOT

  2. clause

    ha-VOT le-a-VIV BEN ke-SIL

  3. sentence

    ha-VOT le-a-VIV BEN ke-SIL ve-DE-lef to-RED mid-ye-NE i-SHA

Exegesis

The first clause uses havot {הַוֺּת | ḥăvvôt} ‘calamities’ with the indirect object le’aviv {לְאָבִיו | lə-ʾă-vîw} ‘to his father’, followed by the predicate ben kesil {בֵּן כְּסִיל | bēn kə-sîl} ‘son of a fool’ in an equational construction.

Root and etymology

Rooth-w-h

disaster

In contextProverbs 19:13

A foolish son is a disaster to his father, and the disputes of a wife are a continual dripping.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 19:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 19:13, so the Hebrew word הַוֺּ֣ת (havot) 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.19.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.13.W1.S1) and character.