Proverbs 23:8:4Prov.23.8.W4TAB
דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ
devarekha
“your words”
- Transliteration
- de-va-RE-kha
- Extended
- deh-vaa-REH-khaa
- IPA
- /də.vaˈrɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your words
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
de-va-RE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
de-va-RE-kha ha-ne-i-MIM
- clause
ve-shi-KHA-ta de-va-RE-kha ha-ne-i-MIM
- sentence
pi-te-kha-a-KHA-le-ta te-kee-E-na ve-shi-KHA-ta de-va-RE-kha ha-ne-i-MIM
Exegesis
The clause closes with the construct phrase devarekha {דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ | də-ḇā-ré-ḵā} ‘your words’ modified by the definite adjective ha-ne’imim {הַנְּעִימִֽים | ha-nə-ʿî-mîm} ‘the pleasant ones’, linking material loss to lost speech. The sequence of perfect and imperfect forms establishes a clear cause-and-effect structure, and the Hebrew object-first order emphasizes the outcomes. The translation preserves this focus by rendering the construct units within an English SVO framework.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter”
In context — Proverbs 23:8
The morsel you have eaten you will vomit up, and you will ruin your pleasant words .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 23:8, so the Hebrew word דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ (devarekha) 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.23.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.8.W4.S1) and character.