Proverbs 20:21:5Prov.20.21.W5TAB
וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ
veakharitah
“and its end”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-kha-ri-TAH
- Extended
- veh-ah-khah-REE-TAAH
- IPA
- /və.ʔa.ħă.riːˈtaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and its end
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-kha-ri-TAH
- clause
ve-a-kha-ri-TAH LO te-vo-RAKH
- sentence
na-kha-LA miv-kha-LET me-vo-HE-let ba-ri-sho-NA ve-a-kha-ri-TAH LO te-vo-RAKH
Exegesis
The temporal phrase ba-rishonah {בָּרִאשֹׁונָ֑ה | bā-rī-ʾshō-nāh} ‘at the beginning’ leads into a parallel clause introduced by the vav-conjunction ve-acharitah {וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ | wəʾăḥărîṯāh} ‘and its end.’
In context — Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance grabbed too quickly at the beginning will not be blessed in the end .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 20:21, so the Hebrew word וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ (veakharitah) 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.20.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.21.W5.S1) and character.