Proverbs 22:13:7Prov.22.13.W7TAB
אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ׃
eratseakh
“I shall be killed”
- Transliteration
- e-ra-tse-AKH
- Extended
- EE-RAA-TSEE-AKH
- IPA
- /ʔeː.raː.tseː.ˈaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- I shall be killed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-ra-tse-AKH
- clause
be-TOkh re-KHO-VOT e-ra-tse-AKH
- sentence
a-MAR a-TSEL a-RI va-KHUTS be-TOkh re-KHO-VOT e-ra-tse-AKH
Exegesis
The final verb eratzeach {אֵרָצֵחַ | ʾē-rā-ṣē-aḥ} in the Niphal imperfect conveys a passive fear ‘I will be slain.’ The English rendering preserves the paratactic structure through coordinate clauses and clarifies spatial progression while maintaining the Hebrew’s emphatic progression from outside to the midst of squares.
In context — Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside; I will be slain in the open squares .”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 22:13, so the Hebrew word אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ׃ (eratseakh) 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.22.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.13.W7.S1) and character.