Proverbs 19:28:7Prov.19.28.W7TAB
יְבַלַּע־אָֽוֶן׃
yevallaaoven
“swallows iniquity or trouble”
- Transliteration
- ye-val-LA-a-O-ven
- Extended
- yeh-vahl-LA-ah-OH-vehhn
- IPA
- /jə.vɑlˈlaː.ʕɔː.ʋɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- swallows iniquity or trouble
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-val-LA-a-O-ven
- clause
u-FI re-sha-IM ye-val-LA-a-O-ven
- sentence
ED be-li-YA-al ya-LITS mish-PAT u-FI re-sha-IM ye-val-LA-a-O-ven
Exegesis
The second clause mirrors this structure with the prepositional phrase ufi {וּפִי | u-fî} ‘and mouth’ as the agent, modified by resha'im {רְשָׁעִים | re-šā-ʿîm} ‘wicked,’ and the verb yevalla {יְבַלַּע | yə-bal-lāʿ} ‘swallows’ taking aven {אָוֶן | ā-ven} ‘iniquity’ as its object. The use of synonymous parallelism highlights the moral corruption of both speaker and subject matter, and the maqqef in yevalla-aven underscores the unified force of the action and its object.
In context — Proverbs 19:28
A worthless witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 19:28, so the Hebrew word יְבַלַּע־אָֽוֶן׃ (yevallaaoven) 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.19.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.28.W7.S1) and character.