Proverbs 19:18:4Prov.19.18.W4TAB
תִּקְוָ֑ה
tikva
“hope”
- Transliteration
- tik-VA
- Extended
- tihk-VAH
- IPA
- /tiqˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hope
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tik-VA
- clause
yas-SER BIN-kha KI-YESH tik-VA
- sentence
yas-SER BIN-kha KI-YESH tik-VA ve-EL-ha-mi-TO AL-ti-SA naf-she-KHA
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki yesh {כִּי־יֵשׁ | kî yēš} ‘for there is’ links to the noun tikvah {תִּקְוָ֑ה | tiqvāh} ‘hope’, forming a conditional temporal clause.
Root and etymology
q-v-hq-v-h
“to hope, wait for”
In context — Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not let your soul desire his death.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 19:18, so the Hebrew word תִּקְוָ֑ה (tikva) 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.19.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.18.W4.S1) and character.