Proverbs 21:8:4Prov.21.8.W4TAB
וָזָ֑ר
vazar
“who is guilty”
- Transliteration
- va-ZAR
- Extended
- vaa-ZAAR
- IPA
- /waːˈzaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who is guilty
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-ZAR
- clause
ha-FAKH-PAKH DE-rekh ISH va-ZAR
- sentence
ha-FAKH-PAKH DE-rekh ISH va-ZAR ve-ZAKH ya-SHAR pa-o-LO
Exegesis
The conjunctive vav in vazar {וָזָר | wā-zār} ‘and strange’ continues the antithetical description, amplifying the deviation.
In context — Proverbs 21:8
A man’s course is perverse and strange, but the work of the pure is upright.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 21:8, so the Hebrew word וָזָ֑ר (vazar) 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.21.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.8.W4.S1) and character.