Proverbs 23:5:11Prov.23.5.W11TAB
ועיף
vaif
“and it will fly”
- Transliteration
- va-IF
- Extended
- vah-EEF
- IPA
- /vaˈʕiːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it will fly
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-IF
- phraseyour reading level
va-IF ya-UF ha-sha-MA-yim
- clause
ke-NE-sher va-IF ya-UF ha-sha-MA-yim
- sentence
he-ta-UF ha-TA-if e-NE-kha BO ve-EI-NE-nu KI a-SO ya-a-SE-LO ke-na-FA-yim ke-NE-sher va-IF ya-UF ha-sha-MA-yim
In context — Proverbs 23:5
Will you set your eyes on it—and it is gone? For surely it makes itself wings, like an eagle, and flies away toward the heavens.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Proverbs 23:5, so the Hebrew word ועיף (vaif) 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.23.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.5.W11.S1) and character.