Proverbs 20:12:3Prov.20.12.W3TAB
וְעַ֣יִן
veayin
“and an eye”
- Transliteration
- ve-A-yin
- Extended
- veh-AH-yeen
- IPA
- /vəˈʕa.jin/
Meaning by language
- English
- and an eye
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-A-yin
- clause
O-zen SHO-ma-at ve-A-yin ro-AH
- sentence
O-zen SHO-ma-at ve-A-yin ro-AH Ye-ho-VAH a-SA gam-she-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with two parallel nominal constructs, ozen {אֹזֶן | ʾō·zen} ‘ear’ and ayin {עַיִן | ʿa·yin}, each modified by an attributive participle: shoma’at {שֹׁמַעַת | šō·ma·ʿat} ‘hearing’ and ro’ah {רֹאָה | rō·ʼāh} ‘seeing.’ This chiastic parallelism emphasizes sensory function.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-nayin–yod–nun
“eye, spring”
In context — Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear and the seeing eye—the LORD made them both .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 20:12, so the Hebrew word וְעַ֣יִן (veayin) 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.20.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.12.W3.S1) and character.