Proverbs 21:17:8Prov.21.17.W8TAB
יַעֲשִֽׁיר׃
yaashir
“will become rich”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-SHIR
- Extended
- yah-ah-SHEER
- IPA
- /ja.ʕaˈʃiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- will become rich
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-a-SHIR
- phraseyour reading level
LO ya-a-SHIR
- clause
o-HEV ya-yin-va-SHE-men LO ya-a-SHIR
- sentence
ISH makh-SOR o-HEV sim-KHA o-HEV ya-yin-va-SHE-men LO ya-a-SHIR
Exegesis
The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} precedes the hifil imperfect yaʿăšîr {יַעֲשִׁיר | yaʿăšîr} forming a protasis–apodosis structure, linking the habitual love to its future consequence.
In context — Proverbs 21:17
Whoever loves pleasure will be a man of poverty; whoever loves wine and oil will not become rich .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 21:17, so the Hebrew word יַעֲשִֽׁיר׃ (yaashir) 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.21.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.17.W8.S1) and character.