Proverbs 21:16:2Prov.21.16.W2TAB
תּ֖וֹעֶה
toeh
“wandering”
- Transliteration
- TO-eh
- Extended
- TOH-eh
- IPA
- /ˈtoː.ʕɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- wandering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TO-eh
- clause
a-DAM TO-eh mid-DE-rekh has-KEEL
- sentence
a-DAM TO-eh mid-DE-rekh has-KEEL bik-HAL re-fa-IM ya-NU-akh
Exegesis
adam {אָדָם | ʾā-dām} ‘man’ introduces the generic subject and is immediately followed by the participle to'eh {תּוֹעֶה | tô-ʿêh} ‘straying’, which underscores deliberate departure.
In context — Proverbs 21:16
A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 21:16, so the Hebrew word תּ֖וֹעֶה (toeh) 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.21.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.16.W2.S1) and character.