Proverbs 24:15:1Prov.24.15.W1TAB
אַל־תֶּאֱרֹ֣ב
alteerov
“do not lie in wait”
- Transliteration
- al-te-e-ROV
- Extended
- ahl-teh-eh-ROHV
- IPA
- /ʔal.tɛ.ʔeˈroːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not lie in wait
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
al-te-e-ROV
- clause
al-te-e-ROV ra-SHA lin-VE tsa-DIK
- sentence
al-te-e-ROV ra-SHA lin-VE tsa-DIK al-te-sha-DED riv-TSO
Exegesis
The verse begins with the negative particle al {אַל | al} governing two imperatives in parallel: teʾērōḇ {תֶּאֱרֹב | tĕʾērōḇ} ‘lie in wait’ and tēšaddeḏ {תְּשַׁדֵּ֥ד | tĕšaddeḏ} ‘devastate.’
In context — Proverbs 24:15
Do not lie in ambush, O wicked man, for the dwelling of the righteous; do not devastate his resting place .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 24:15, so the Hebrew word אַל־תֶּאֱרֹ֣ב (alteerov) 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.24.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.15.W1.S1) and character.