Proverbs 20:17:1Prov.20.17.W1TAB
עָרֵ֣ב
arev
“sweet”
- Transliteration
- a-REV
- Extended
- aa-REEV
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈreːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- sweet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-REV
- clause
a-REV la-ISH LE-khem SHA-ker
- sentence
a-REV la-ISH LE-khem SHA-ker ve-a-KHAR yim-ma-LE-PI-hu kha-TSATS
Exegesis
The verse employs antithetic parallelism, opening with predicate fronting in arev {עָרֵב | ʿā-rēḇ} ‘is sweet’ contrasted by the resultant action in yim-mā-lēʾ {יִמָּלֵא | yim-mā-lēʾ} ‘it will be filled.’
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-bayin–resh–bet
“to be pleasant or sweet”
In context — Proverbs 20:17
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 20:17, so the Hebrew word עָרֵ֣ב (arev) 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.20.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.17.W1.S1) and character.