Proverbs 19:25:6Prov.19.25.W6TAB
לְ֝נָב֗וֹן
lenavon
“a discerning man”
- Transliteration
- le-na-VON
- Extended
- leh-naa-VOHN
- IPA
- /lənɔˈvoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a discerning man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-na-VON
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ho-KHI-akh le-na-VON
- clause
ve-ho-KHI-akh le-na-VON ya-VIN DA-at
- sentence
LETS ta-KKE u-fe-TI ya-e-RIM ve-ho-KHI-akh le-na-VON ya-VIN DA-at
Exegesis
The second clause mirrors this pattern: the piel imperative wə-hôkîaḥ {וְהוֹכִיחַ | wə-hô-kî-aḥ} ‘reprove’ addresses the discerning (navon {נָבוֹן | nā-vōn}), and the hiphil imperfect yā-vîn {יָבִין | yā-vîn} ‘he will discern’ presents the resulting knowledge (dā-ʽaṯ {דָּעַת | dā-ʽaṯ}). This parallelism highlights how discipline transforms both the simple and the discerning.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–yod–nun
“to discern, understand”
In context — Proverbs 19:25
Strike a scoffer, and the simple will become shrewd; and reprove one who is understanding, and he will discern knowledge .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 19:25, so the Hebrew word לְ֝נָב֗וֹן (lenavon) 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.19.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.25.W6.S1) and character.