Proverbs 20:16:4Prov.20.16.W4TAB
וּבְעַ֖ד
uvead
“and as a pledge for”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-AD
- Extended
- oo-veh-AHD
- IPA
- /u.vəˈʕad/
Meaning by language
- English
- and as a pledge for
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
u-ve-AD
- clause
u-ve-AD na-khe-RIM na-khe-ri-YA kha-ve-LE-hu
- sentence
le-KAKH-bi-ge-DO KI-a-RAV ZAR u-ve-AD na-khe-RIM na-khe-ri-YA kha-ve-LE-hu
Exegesis
The second condition begins with the conjunctive-prepositional phrase u-be‘ad {וּבְעַ֖ד | ū-bə-‘aḏ} ‘and on behalf of’ and involves nokrim {נָכְרִ֣ים | nā-kh-rîm} ‘foreigners’.
In context — Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment if he becomes surety for a stranger, and on behalf of foreigners hold him as a pledge .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 20:16, so the Hebrew word וּבְעַ֖ד (uvead) 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.20.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.16.W4.S1) and character.