Proverbs 23:19:4Prov.23.19.W4TAB
וְאַשֵּׁ֖ר
veasher
“and direct”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-SHER
- Extended
- veh-ah-SHEER
- IPA
- /vəʔaʃˈʃeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and direct
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-SHER
- clause
ve-a-SHER bad-DE-rekh li-BE-kha
- sentence
she-ma-a-TA ve-NI va-kha-KHAM ve-a-SHER bad-DE-rekh li-BE-kha
Exegesis
The paired imperatives va-chakham {וַחֲכָם | wa-ḥa-ḵā̈m} ‘and be wise’ and ve-asher {וְאַשֵּׁר | wə-ʼaš-šêr} ‘and direct’ form a progressive sequence from receptive hearing to intellectual growth and deliberate action.
In context — Proverbs 23:19
Hear, my son, and be wise; and direct your heart to the way .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 23:19, so the Hebrew word וְאַשֵּׁ֖ר (veasher) 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.23.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.19.W4.S1) and character.