Proverbs 24:15:6Prov.24.15.W6TAB
רִבְצוֹ׃
rivtso
“his resting place or home”
- Transliteration
- riv-TSO
- Extended
- rihv-TSOH
- IPA
- /rivˈtsoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his resting place or home
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
riv-TSO
- clause
al-te-sha-DED riv-TSO
- sentence
al-te-e-ROV ra-SHA lin-VE tsa-DIK al-te-sha-DED riv-TSO
Exegesis
The final noun ribṣōw {רִבְצוֹ | ribṣōw} ‘resting place’ intensifies the personal violation. Hebrew parallelism and negative imperatives create a forceful admonition against wrongdoing.
Root and etymology
r-b-ṣresh–bet–tsade
“to lie down”
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 24:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 24:15, so the Hebrew word רִבְצוֹ׃ (rivtso) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.15.W6.S1) and character.