Proverbs 20:29:1Prov.20.29.W1TAB
תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת
tifeeret
“splendor”
- Transliteration
- ti-fe-E-ret
- Extended
- tih-feh-EH-reht
- IPA
- /ti.fəˈʔɛ.rɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- splendor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ti-fe-E-ret
- clause
ti-fe-E-ret ba-khu-RIM ko-KHAM
- sentence
ti-fe-E-ret ba-khu-RIM ko-KHAM va-ha-DAR ze-ke-NIM se-VA
Exegesis
The verse uses parallel nominal clauses centered on tifʾeret bachurim {תִּפְאֶרֶת בַּחוּרִים | tifʾeret baḥûrîm} ‘glory of young men’ and wa-ḥădar zekenim {וַהֲדַר זְקֵנִים | wa-ḥădar zəqēnîm} ‘and beauty of old men’.
Root and etymology
“beauty, splendor”
In context — Proverbs 20:29
The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is gray hair .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 20:29, so the Hebrew word תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת (tifeeret) 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.20.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.29.W1.S1) and character.