Proverbs 21:4:3Prov.21.4.W3TAB
נִ֖ר
nir
“lamp”
- Transliteration
- NIR
- Extended
- NIHR
- IPA
- /ˈnir/
Meaning by language
- English
- lamp
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
NIR
- clause
NIR re-sha-IM khat-TAT
- sentence
rum-E-na-yim u-re-khav-LEV NIR re-sha-IM khat-TAT
Exegesis
Finally, the nominal clause nir resha’im chattat {נִר רְשָׁעִים חַטָּאת | nîr re-shāʿ-îm khaṭ-ṭāʾt} ‘the lamp of the wicked is sin’ forms a subject–predicate relationship that equates the influence of the wicked to moral failure. Hebrew parallelism between inner disposition and the wicked’s emblem amplifies the moral contrast, and the absence of a verb in the opening phrases foregrounds their definitive status.
Root and etymology
nun–waw–reshn–w–r
“lamp”
In context — Proverbs 21:4
Haughty eyes and an arrogant heart—the lamp of the wicked is sin .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 21:4, so the Hebrew word נִ֖ר (nir) 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.21.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.4.W3.S1) and character.