Proverbs 23:5:8Prov.23.5.W8TAB

יַעֲשֶׂה־לּ֣וֹ

yaaselo

it makes for itself

Transliteration
ya-a-SE-LO
Extended
yah-ah-SEH-LOH
IPA
/ja.ʕă.sɛlˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
it makes for itself

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יַ + עֲ + שֶׂה + לּ֣וֹ
ya + a + se + lo
yaaselo

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-a-SE-LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-EI-NE-nu KI a-SO ya-a-SE-LO ke-na-FA-yim

  3. clause

    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

  4. 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

Exegesis

The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces the parallel Qal statements asah {עָשָׂה | ’ā·śāh} ‘it makes’ and ya'aseh-lo {יַעֲשֶׂה־לוֹ | ya·‘ă·śeh·lô} ‘he will make for him,’ creating synonymous intensification with kenafayim {כְנָפַיִם | kᵉ·nā·p̄ā·yim} ‘wings’ and the simile kenesher {כְּנֶשֶׁר | kᵉ·nê·šêr} ‘like an eagle.’

In contextProverbs 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 23:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 23:5, so the Hebrew word יַעֲשֶׂה־לּ֣וֹ (yaaselo) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.5.W8.S1) and character.