Proverbs 23:21:2Prov.23.21.W2TAB
וְ֭זוֹלֵל
vezolel
“and a glutton”
- Transliteration
- ve-zo-LEL
- Extended
- veh-ZOH-LEEL
- IPA
- /və.zoˈleːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a glutton
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-zo-LEL
- clause
ki-so-VE ve-zo-LEL yi-va-RESH
- sentence
ki-so-VE ve-zo-LEL yi-va-RESH u-ke-ra-IM tal-BISH nu-MA
Exegesis
A compound subject of two Qal participles—sove {סֹבֵא | sô-wê} and ve-zolel {וְזוֹלֵל | wə-zō-lêl}—joined by waw denotes habitual excess.
Root and etymology
z-l-lzayin–lamed–lamed
“to gorge, feast wastefully”
In context — Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe one in rags.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 23:21, so the Hebrew word וְ֭זוֹלֵל (vezolel) 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.23.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.21.W2.S1) and character.