Proverbs 25:23:4Prov.25.23.W4TAB

גָּ֑שֶׁם

gashem

rain

Transliteration
ga-SHEM
Extended
gaa-SHEHM
IPA
/ɡaːˈʃɛm/

Meaning by language

English
rain

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Result
גָּ֑ + שֶׁם
ga + shem
gashem

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ga-SHEM

  2. clause

    RU-akh tsa-FON te-kho-LEL ga-SHEM

  3. sentence

    RU-akh tsa-FON te-kho-LEL ga-SHEM u-fa-NIM niz-a-MIM le-SHON SA-ter

Exegesis

The proverb features parallel clauses introduced by the verb tekholel {תְּח֣וֹלֵֽל | te-ḥō-lēl} ‘brings forth’, first applied to the noun phrase ruach tsafon {ר֣וּחַ צָ֭פוֹן | rū-aḥ ṣā-pōn} ‘north wind’ with object gashem {גָּ֑שֶׁם | gā-šem} ‘rain’, establishing a cause-and-effect sequence.

In contextProverbs 25:23

The north wind brings forth rain, and a tongue brings forth an angry face .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 25:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 25:23, so the Hebrew word גָּ֑שֶׁם (gashem) 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.25.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.23.W4.S1) and character.