Proverbs 25:21:5Prov.25.21.W5TAB
וְאִם־צָ֝מֵ֗א
veimtsame
“and if thirsty”
- Transliteration
- ve-IM-tsa-ME
- Extended
- veh-IHM-tsaa-MEE
- IPA
- /vəʔim.tsˁaːˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if thirsty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-IM-tsa-ME
- clause
ve-IM-tsa-ME ha-she-KE-hu MA-yim
- 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’.
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 25:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 25:21, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־צָ֝מֵ֗א (veimtsame) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.21.W5.S1) and character.