Proverbs 25:21:1Prov.25.21.W1TAB
אִם־רָעֵ֣ב
imraev
“if hungry”
- Transliteration
- IM-RA-ev
- Extended
- ihm-RAA-ehv
- IPA
- /ʔim.raːˈʕeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- if hungry
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
IM-RA-ev
- clause
IM-RA-ev so-NA-kha ha-a-khi-LE-hu LA-khem
- sentence
IM-RA-ev so-NA-kha ha-a-khi-LE-hu LA-khem ve-IM-tsa-ME ha-she-KE-hu MA-yim
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional particle im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’, introducing two parallel protases.
In each, the participle raev {רָעֵב | rāʿêv} ‘hungry’ or tzame {צָמֵא | ṣāmeʼ} ‘thirsty’ predicates the state of sonakha {שֹׂנַאֲךָ | sōnʼăkha} ‘your enemy’.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־א
“companion”
In context — Proverbs 25:21
If your enemy is hungry, feed him bread, and if he is thirsty , give him water to drink.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 25:21, so the Hebrew word אִם־רָעֵ֣ב (imraev) 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.25.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.21.W1.S1) and character.