Proverbs 22:7:4Prov.22.7.W4TAB
וְעֶ֥בֶד
veeved
“and a slave”
- Transliteration
- ve-E-ved
- Extended
- veh-EH-ved
- IPA
- /vəˈʕɛvɛð/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a slave
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
ve-E-ved
- phraseyour reading level
ve-E-ved lo-VEH
- clause
ve-E-ved lo-VEH le-ISH mal-VEH
- sentence
a-SHIR be-ra-SHIM yim-SHOL ve-E-ved lo-VEH le-ISH mal-VEH
Exegesis
The second bicolon, linked by the conjunction vav, places eved {עֶבֶד | ʿeved} ‘slave’ as the predicate, while the participles loveh {לֹוֶה | lōʾweh} ‘borrower’ and malveh {מַלְוֶה | malweh} ‘lender’ establish a debtor–creditor relationship, with le’ish {לְאִישׁ | lə’îš} ‘to a man’ specifying the master. This parallel structure emphasizes economic imbalance and its consequences.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-dʿē-bā-d
“to serve, be enslaved”
In context — Proverbs 22:7
A rich person rules over the poor, and a borrower is a slave to a lender .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 22:7, so the Hebrew word וְעֶ֥בֶד (veeved) 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.22.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.7.W4.S1) and character.