Proverbs 19:13:3Prov.19.13.W3TAB
בֵּ֣ן
ben
“a son”
- Transliteration
- BEN
- Extended
- BEEN
- IPA
- /ˈbeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a son
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
BEN
- clause
ha-VOT le-a-VIV BEN ke-SIL
- 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.
In context — Proverbs 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 19:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 19:13, so the Hebrew word בֵּ֣ן (ben) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.13.W3.S1) and character.