Proverbs 20:13:3Prov.20.13.W3TAB
פֶּן־תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ
pentivaresh
“lest you become poor”
- Transliteration
- pen-ti-va-RESH
- Extended
- pehn-tih-vaa-REESH
- IPA
- /pɛn.ti.wːaˈreːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest you become poor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pen-ti-va-RESH
- clause
al-te-e-HAV she-NA pen-ti-va-RESH
- sentence
al-te-e-HAV she-NA pen-ti-va-RESH pe-KAKH e-NE-kha se-va-LA-khem
Exegesis
The conjunction pen {פֶּן־ | pen} ‘lest’ introduces a negative result clause with the Niphal imperfect tivvaresh {תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ | tivvāreš} ‘you become poor’, marking the undesired outcome.
In context — Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep , or you will become poor; open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 20:13, so the Hebrew word פֶּן־תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ (pentivaresh) 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.20.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.13.W3.S1) and character.