Proverbs 22:2:3Prov.22.2.W3TAB
נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ
nifgashu
“meet together”
- Transliteration
- nif-GA-shu
- Extended
- nihf-GAA-SHOO
- IPA
- /nif.ˈgaː.ʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- meet together
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nif-GA-shu
- clause
a-SHIR va-RASH nif-GA-shu
- sentence
a-SHIR va-RASH nif-GA-shu o-SE khul-LAM Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse uses synonymous parallelism by aligning ashir {עָשִׁ֣יר | ʿă-šîr} ‘rich’ with varash {וָרָ֣שׁ | wə-rā-š} ‘poor’, linked by the Niphal perfect nifgeshu {נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ | nip̄-gā-šū} ‘they met’, which emphasizes encounter between social classes.
Root and etymology
p-g-shpe–gimel–shin
“to meet”
In context — Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor meet; the LORD is the Maker of them all.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 22:2, so the Hebrew word נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ (nifgashu) 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.22.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.2.W3.S1) and character.