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

Result
בַּ֝ + עֹ + רְ + בִ֗ים
ba + or + re + vim
baorrevim

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-or-re-VIM

  2. clause

    ba-or-re-VIM ma-sha-OT

  3. 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 contextProverbs 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.