Proverbs 23:14:2Prov.23.14.W2TAB
בַּשֵּׁ֣בֶט
bashshevet
“with the rod”
- Transliteration
- bash-SHE-vet
- Extended
- bahsh-SHEE-veht
- IPA
- /baʃ.ˈʃeː.vɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the rod
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bash-SHE-vet
- clause
a-TA bash-SHE-vet tak-KE-nu
- sentence
a-TA bash-SHE-vet tak-KE-nu ve-NAF-sho mish-she-OL tat-TSIL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ba-shevet {בַּשֵּׁבֶט | baššeḇeṭ} ‘with the rod’ marks the instrumentality of the action.
Root and etymology
š-b-ṭ
“staff”
In context — Proverbs 23:14
You will strike him with the rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 23:14, so the Hebrew word בַּשֵּׁ֣בֶט (bashshevet) 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.23.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.14.W2.S1) and character.