Proverbs 23:22:3Prov.23.22.W3TAB

זֶ֣ה

ze

this one

Transliteration
ZE
Extended
ZEH
IPA
/ˈzɛ/

Meaning by language

English
this one

Alphabet Analysis

Zayinz as in zero
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ZE

  2. clause

    she-MA le-a-VI-kha ZE ye-la-DE-kha

  3. sentence

    she-MA le-a-VI-kha ZE ye-la-DE-kha ve-al-ta-VUZ KI-zak-NA im-ME-kha

Exegesis

The demonstrative zeh {זֶ֣ה | zeh} ‘this’ foregrounds the father in his paternal role, echoed by the appositional yeladekha {יְלָדֶ֑ךָ | yə-lā-ḏe-kā} ‘who begot you.’

In contextProverbs 23:22

Listen to your father , the one who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 23:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 23:22, so the Hebrew word זֶ֣ה (ze) 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.23.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.22.W3.S1) and character.