Proverbs 25:19:2Prov.25.19.W2TAB
רֹ֭עָה
roa
“bad or broken”
- Transliteration
- ro-A
- Extended
- roh-AA
- IPA
- /roːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bad or broken
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ro-A
- clause
SHEN ro-A ve-RE-gel mu-A-det
- sentence
SHEN ro-A ve-RE-gel mu-A-det miv-TAKH bo-GED be-YOM tsa-RA
Exegesis
The proverb begins with a vivid verbless comparative phrase shen ro‘āh ve-reḡel mū‘ādeṯ {שֵן רֹעָה וְרֶגֶל מוּעָדֶת | šēn rō‘āh wə-reḡel mū‘ādeṯ} ‘a broken tooth and a slipping foot’, invoking physical pain as a metaphor for misplaced trust.
In this phrase, the participles rō‘āh {רֹעָה | rō‘āh} ‘broken’ and mū‘ādeṯ {מוּעָדֶת | mū‘ādeṯ} ‘slipping’ modify their respective nouns.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־א
“companion”
In context — Proverbs 25:19
Like a broken tooth and a slipping foot, so is confidence in a treacherous person in a day of trouble .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 25:19, so the Hebrew word רֹ֭עָה (roa) 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.25.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.19.W2.S1) and character.