Proverbs 19:16:5Prov.19.16.W5TAB
בּוֹזֵ֖ה
boze
“one despising”
- Transliteration
- bo-ZE
- Extended
- boh-ZEE
- IPA
- /boːˈzeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- one despising
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
bo-ZE
- clause
bo-ZE de-ra-KHAV yu-MAT ya-MUT
- sentence
sho-MER mits-VA sho-MER naf-SHO bo-ZE de-ra-KHAV yu-MAT ya-MUT
Exegesis
Each clause begins with the participle shomer {שֹׁמֵ֣ר | šōmēr} ‘one who keeps’ and bozeh {בּוֹזֵ֖ה | bō·zēh} ‘one who despises’, followed by their objects mitzvah {מִ֭צְוָה | miṣ·wāh} ‘commandment’ and derakhav {דְרָכָ֣יו | də·rā·ḵāw} ‘his ways’.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–zayin–he
“to despise, scorn”
In context — Proverbs 19:16
The one who keeps the commandment preserves his soul , but whoever despises his ways will die.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 19:16, so the Hebrew word בּוֹזֵ֖ה (boze) 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.19.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.16.W5.S1) and character.