Proverbs 21:13:4Prov.21.13.W4TAB
גַּֽם־ה֥וּא
gamhu
“even he”
- Transliteration
- gam-HU
- Extended
- gahm-HOO
- IPA
- /gamˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- even he
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gam-HU
- phraseyour reading level
gam-HU yik-RA
- clause
gam-HU yik-RA ve-LO ye-a-NE
- sentence
o-TEM a-ze-NO miz-ZA-a-KAT-DAL gam-HU yik-RA ve-LO ye-a-NE
Exegesis
The conjunction gam {גַּם | gam} ‘also’ with pronoun hūʼ {ה֥וּא | hūʼ} ‘he’ introduces the apodosis.
In context — Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor , he also will call out and not be answered .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 21:13, so the Hebrew word גַּֽם־ה֥וּא (gamhu) 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.21.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.13.W4.S1) and character.