Proverbs 22:26:3Prov.22.26.W3TAB
בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים
baorrevim
“among guarantors”
- Transliteration
- ba-or-re-VIM
- Extended
- bah-ohr-reh-VEEM
- IPA
- /ba.ʕoːr.əˈviːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- among guarantors
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-or-re-VIM
- clause
ba-or-re-VIM ma-sha-OT
- sentence
al-te-HI ve-to-ke-e-KAF ba-or-re-VIM ma-sha-OT
Exegesis
It then presents two parallel prepositional‐participle phrases: betoqeʿe-kaf {בְתֹקְעֵי־כָף | bə-tō-qə-‘êy-ḵāp} ‘among those who strike hands’ (legal‐gesture idiom for pledging) and baʿorvîm {בַּעֹרְבִים | ba-‘or-vîm} ‘among guarantors’ (Piel participle for surety).
Root and etymology
‘-r-b‘-r-b
“to pledge; guarantee”
In context — Proverbs 22:26
Do not be among those who strike hands or among those who become sureties for debts .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 22:26, so the Hebrew word בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים (baorrevim) 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.22.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.26.W3.S1) and character.