Proverbs 19:29:5Prov.19.29.W5TAB
לְגֵ֣ו
legev
“for the back of”
- Transliteration
- le-GEV
- Extended
- leh-GEEV
- IPA
- /ləˈɡeːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the back of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
le-GEV
- phraseyour reading level
le-GEV khe-si-LIM
- clause
u-ma-ha-lu-MOT le-GEV khe-si-LIM
- sentence
na-KHO-nu lal-LE-tsim she-fa-TIM u-ma-ha-lu-MOT le-GEV khe-si-LIM
Exegesis
The second prepositional phrase legev {לְגֵ֣ו | lə-gev} ‘for the back’ likewise assigns the recipient of the stripes, with kesilim {כְסִילִֽים | kə-si-lîm} ‘fools’ specifying the group. This parallelism and chiastic construction reinforce the matched consequences for both scorners and fools.
In context — Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 19:29, so the Hebrew word לְגֵ֣ו (legev) 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.19.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.29.W5.S1) and character.