Proverbs 24:34:2Prov.24.34.W2TAB
רֵישֶׁ֑ךָ
reshekha
“your poverty”
- Transliteration
- RE-she-kha
- Extended
- REE-sheh-khah
- IPA
- /ˈreː.ʃɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your poverty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RE-she-kha
- clause
u-VA-mi-te-ha-LEKH RE-she-kha
- sentence
u-VA-mi-te-ha-LEKH RE-she-kha u-ma-kh-so-RE-kha ke-ISH ma-GEN
Exegesis
The construct nouns reishekha {רֵישֶׁךָ | rē-še-kha} ‘your poverty’ and u-machsorekha {וּמַחְסֹרֶיךָ | u-maḥ-sō-rē-kha} ‘and your lack’ address the reader’s condition.
Root and etymology
r-y-shresh–yod–shin
“poverty, destitution”
In context — Proverbs 24:34
And your poverty will come like a wanderer, and your lack, like an armed man .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:34:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 24:34, so the Hebrew word רֵישֶׁ֑ךָ (reshekha) 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.24.34.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.34.W2.S1) and character.