Proverbs 19:7:2Prov.19.7.W2TAB
אֲחֵי־רָ֨שׁ
akherash
“brothers of a poor man”
- Transliteration
- a-KHE-RASH
- Extended
- ah-KHEE-RAASH
- IPA
- /ʔăˈħeː.raːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- brothers of a poor man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHE-RASH
- phraseyour reading level
KAL a-KHE-RASH se-NE-u-HU
- clause
KAL a-KHE-RASH se-NE-u-HU AF KI me-RE-e-HU ra-kha-KU mim-me-NU
- sentence
KAL a-KHE-RASH se-NE-u-HU AF KI me-RE-e-HU ra-kha-KU mim-me-NU me-rad-DEF a-ma-RIM lo-LO-HEM-ma
Exegesis
The construct akheirash {אֲחֵי־רָשׁ | ʾă-ḥê-rāš} functions as a possessive expression.
Root and etymology
r-šresh–shin
“to be poor”
In context — Proverbs 19:7
All the brothers of the poor hate him; even so, his companions have distanced themselves from him. He pursues them with words, but they are not there for him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 19:7, so the Hebrew word אֲחֵי־רָ֨שׁ (akherash) 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.19.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.7.W2.S1) and character.