Proverbs 25:28:2Prov.25.28.W2TAB
פְּ֭רוּצָה
perutsa
“broken through”
- Transliteration
- pe-ru-TSA
- Extended
- peh-roo-TSAA
- IPA
- /pəruːˈtsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- broken through
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-ru-TSA
- clause
IR pe-ru-TSA EN kho-MA
- sentence
IR pe-ru-TSA EN kho-MA ISH a-SHER EN ma-TSAR le-ru-KHO
Exegesis
The first clause begins with ir {עִיר | ʿîr} ‘city’, modified by the participle perutsah {פְּרוּצָה | pərûṣâ} ‘broken through’, followed by the existential ein {אֵין | ’ēn} ‘there is no’ plus chomah {חוֹמָה | ḥômâ} ‘wall’, depicting vulnerability.
Root and etymology
Rootpe–resh–tsade
“to breach”
In context — Proverbs 25:28
A city broken down , without a wall, is like a man who has no restraint over his spirit.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 25:28, so the Hebrew word פְּ֭רוּצָה (perutsa) 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.25.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.28.W2.S1) and character.