Proverbs 20:30:2Prov.20.30.W2TAB
פֶּ֭צַע
petsa
“a wound”
- Transliteration
- PE-tsa
- Extended
- PEH-tsa
- IPA
- /ˈpɛt.saʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wound
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PE-tsa
- clause
khab-bu-ROT PE-tsa tam-RIK ta-me-RUK be-RA
- sentence
khab-bu-ROT PE-tsa tam-RIK ta-me-RUK be-RA u-ma-KOT khad-REI-va-TEN
Exegesis
The first hemistich links the noun construct khaburot petsa {חַבֻּרוֹת פֶּצַע | ḥă-bbū-rōt pê-ṣaʿ} ‘wounds of a blow’ to the piel verb-object sequence tamriq tamruq bera {תַּמְרִ֣יק תַּמְרוּק בְּרָ֑ע | tam-rîq tam-rûq bə-rāʿ} ‘purges purging of evil’, intensifying the action through the use of the piel stem {piel | piʿel} ‘intensive action’.
Root and etymology
p-ṣ-ʿpe–ṣadi–ayin
“to wound, break skin”
In context — Proverbs 20:30
Wounds from a blow purge evil, and blows reach the inward parts of the belly .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 20:30, so the Hebrew word פֶּ֭צַע (petsa) 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.20.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.30.W2.S1) and character.