Proverbs 26:15:5Prov.26.15.W5TAB
נִ֝לְאָ֗ה
nila
“it is wearied”
- Transliteration
- nil-A
- Extended
- nih-LEH-ah
- IPA
- /nilˈʔɛːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is wearied
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nil-A
- clause
nil-A la-ha-shi-VA el-PI
- sentence
ta-MAN a-TSEL ya-DO ba-tsal-LA-khat nil-A la-ha-shi-VA el-PI
Exegesis
The second clause begins with the Niphal perfect nilah {נִלְאָה | nil-ʾāh} ‘becomes weary’, indicating passive loss of energy.
In context — Proverbs 26:15
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 26:15, so the Hebrew word נִ֝לְאָ֗ה (nila) 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.26.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.15.W5.S1) and character.