Proverbs 22:3:5Prov.22.3.W5TAB
וְנִסְתָּ֑ר
venisetar
“and is hidden”
- Transliteration
- ve-ni-se-TAR
- Extended
- veh-nih-seh-TAAR
- IPA
- /vənisˈtːaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and is hidden
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ni-se-TAR
- clause
a-RUM ra-A ra-A va-yis-sa-TER ve-ni-se-TAR
- sentence
a-RUM ra-A ra-A va-yis-sa-TER ve-ni-se-TAR u-fe-ta-YIM a-ve-RU ve-ne-e-NA-shu
Exegesis
Vav-prefixed Nifal perfect wə-nistar {וְנִסְתָּ֑ר | wə-nistar} ‘and he hid himself’ signals reflexive protection.
In context — Proverbs 22:3
A prudent person saw the evil and hid himself, but the simple passed by and were punished .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 22:3, so the Hebrew word וְנִסְתָּ֑ר (venisetar) 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.22.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.3.W5.S1) and character.