Proverbs 2:16:3Prov.2.16.W3TAB
זָרָ֑ה
zara
“foreign or strange”
- Transliteration
- za-RA
- Extended
- zaa-RAA
- IPA
- /zaːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- foreign or strange
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-RA
- clause
le-ha-TSIL-kha me-i-SHA za-RA
- sentence
le-ha-TSIL-kha me-i-SHA za-RA min-NA-khri-YA a-ma-RE-ha he-khe-li-KA
Exegesis
It then presents two synonymous prepositional phrases: me-ʾishshah {מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה | mē-ʾiš-šāh} modified by zarah {זָרָה | zā-rāh}, and min-nokhriyyah {מִנָּכְרִיָּ֗ה | min-nā-ḵri-yāh}, intensifying the otherness of the temptress.
In context — Proverbs 2:16
To deliver you from a strange woman, from a foreign woman whose words are smooth.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 2:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 2:16, so the Hebrew word זָרָ֑ה (zara) 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.2.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.2.16.W3.S1) and character.