Proverbs 20:29:4Prov.20.29.W4TAB
וַהֲדַ֖ר
vahadar
“and splendor”
- Transliteration
- va-ha-DAR
- Extended
- vah-hah-DAR
- IPA
- /wa.hăˈdar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and splendor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ha-DAR
- clause
va-ha-DAR ze-ke-NIM se-VA
- 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’.
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 20:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 20:29, so the Hebrew word וַהֲדַ֖ר (vahadar) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.29.W4.S1) and character.