Proverbs 25:19:6Prov.25.19.W6TAB

בּ֝וֹגֵ֗ד

boged

in a treacherous one

Transliteration
bo-GED
Extended
boh-GEED
IPA
/boːˈɣeːd/

Meaning by language

English
in a treacherous one

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בּ֝וֹ + גֵ֗ד
bo + ged
boged

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Gimelg as in good
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    bo-GED

  2. phraseyour reading level

    miv-TAKH bo-GED

  3. clause

    miv-TAKH bo-GED be-YOM tsa-RA

  4. sentence

    SHEN ro-A ve-RE-gel mu-A-det miv-TAKH bo-GED be-YOM tsa-RA

Exegesis

The main clause mivṭāḥ bōgeḏ bə-yōm ṣārָה {מִבְטָח בּוֹגֵד בְּיוֹם צָרָה | mivṭāḥ bōgeḏ bə-yōm ṣārָה} ‘trust in a treacherous one in a day of distress’ is a noun construct where mivṭāḥ heads a genitive relationship with bōgeḏ and is specified by the temporal prepositional phrase bə-yōm ṣārָה. The Hebrew word order is preserved to maintain rhetorical progression from imagery to ethical application.

Root and etymology

Rootbet–gimel–dalet

to act treacherously

In contextProverbs 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 25:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 25:19, so the Hebrew word בּ֝וֹגֵ֗ד (boged) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.19.W6.S1) and character.