Proverbs 23:16:1Prov.23.16.W1TAB
וְתַעְלֹ֥זְנָה
vetaelozena
“and will exult”
- Transliteration
- ve-ta-E-LO-ze-na
- Extended
- veh-tah-eh-LOH-zeh-nah
- IPA
- /və.taʕˈloːz.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and will exult
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ta-E-LO-ze-na
- clause
ve-ta-E-LO-ze-na khil-yo-TAI
- sentence
ve-ta-E-LO-ze-na khil-yo-TAI be-da-BER se-fa-TE-kha mei-sha-RIM
Exegesis
The verb vetaalozna {וְתַעְלֹ֥זְנָה | wə-ṭa-ʿă-lōz-nā} ‘and they will rejoice’ functions as a jussive-imperative-like future form expressing hopeful fulfillment, and its action attaches to the noun kilyotai {כִלְיוֹתָ֑י | kil-yō-wṯāy} ‘my kidneys’, which stands in metonymically for deep emotions.
Root and etymology
ʿ-l-z
“rejoice, exult”
In context — Proverbs 23:16
And my inner being will rejoice when your lips speak what is upright .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 23:16, so the Hebrew word וְתַעְלֹ֥זְנָה (vetaelozena) 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.23.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.16.W1.S1) and character.