Proverbs 19:4:5Prov.19.4.W5TAB
וְ֝דָ֗ל
vedal
“and a poor man”
- Transliteration
- ve-DAL
- Extended
- veh-DAAL
- IPA
- /vəˈdaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a poor man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-DAL
- clause
ve-DAL me-re-E-hu yip-pa-RED
- sentence
HON yo-SIF re-IM ra-BIM ve-DAL me-re-E-hu yip-pa-RED
Exegesis
The vav-conjunction ve-dal {וְדָל | wə-dāl} ‘and a poor person’ introduces the counter-clause, marked by the prepositional phrase me-re’ehu {מֵרֵעֵהוּ | mê-rê-ʿê-hû} ‘from his friend’ and the Niphal imperfect verb yipared {יִפָּרֵד | yip-pā-rēḏ} ‘will be separated’. This structure highlights social causality: wealth attracts community while poverty results in social isolation.
Root and etymology
d-l-ldalet–lamed–lamed
“poor, weak”
In context — Proverbs 19:4
Wealth increases many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 19:4, so the Hebrew word וְ֝דָ֗ל (vedal) 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.19.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.4.W5.S1) and character.