Proverbs 20:7:4Prov.20.7.W4TAB
אַשְׁרֵ֖י
asherei
“blessed is”
- Transliteration
- a-she-REI
- Extended
- ah-sheh-REE
- IPA
- /ʔaʃˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- blessed is
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-she-REI
- clause
a-she-REI va-NAV a-kha-RAV
- sentence
mi-te-ha-LEKH be-tu-MO tsa-DIK a-she-REI va-NAV a-kha-RAV
Exegesis
The adjective tzaddiq {צַדִּ֑יק | ṣaḏ-dîq} ‘righteous one’ functions as the subject of the result clause introduced by the particle ashrei {אַשְׁרֵ֖י | ə-šrê} ‘blessed’.
Root and etymology
א־ש־ר
“to be happy, blessed”
In context — Proverbs 20:7
A righteous man who walks in his integrity will have his children blessed after him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 20:7, so the Hebrew word אַשְׁרֵ֖י (asherei) 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.20.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.7.W4.S1) and character.