Proverbs 26:1:6Prov.26.1.W6TAB

לֹא־נָאוֶ֖ה

lonave

not fitting

Transliteration
LO-NA-ve
Extended
LOH-NAA-veh
IPA
/loː.naːˈʔɔː.vɛ/

Meaning by language

English
not fitting

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לֹא + נָא + וֶ֖ה
lo + na + ve
lonave

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO-NA-ve

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KEN LO-NA-ve

  3. clause

    KEN LO-NA-ve likh-SIL ka-VOD

  4. sentence

    ka-SHE-leg ba-ka-YITS ve-kha-ma-TAR ba-ka-TSIR KEN LO-NA-ve likh-SIL ka-VOD

Exegesis

The negated Qal perfect lo naweh {לֹא נָאוֶה | lōʾ nāʾēh} ‘not seems fitting’ underscores the impropriety of the action.

In contextProverbs 26:1

Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor is out of place for a fool .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 26:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 26:1, so the Hebrew word לֹא־נָאוֶ֖ה (lonave) 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.26.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.1.W6.S1) and character.