Proverbs 26:20:5Prov.26.20.W5TAB

נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן

nirgan

a whisperer or a slanderer

Transliteration
nir-GAN
Extended
nihr-GAAN
IPA
/nirˈgɑːn/

Meaning by language

English
a whisperer or a slanderer

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Result
נִ֝רְ + גָּ֗ן
nir + gan
nirgan

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    nir-GAN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-ve-EN nir-GAN

  3. clause

    u-ve-EN nir-GAN yish-TOK ma-DON

  4. sentence

    be-E-fes E-tsim tikh-BE-ESH u-ve-EN nir-GAN yish-TOK ma-DON

Root and etymology

r-g-nresh–gimel–nun

to murmur maliciously

In contextProverbs 26:20

When there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no slanderer , contention quiets down.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 26:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 26:20, so the Hebrew word נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן (nirgan) 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.26.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.20.W5.S1) and character.