Proverbs 26:4:4Prov.26.4.W4TAB
פֶּֽן־תִּשְׁוֶה־לּ֥וֹ
pentishvelo
“lest you become like him”
- Transliteration
- pen-ti-shve-LO
- Extended
- pehn-tih-shveh-LOH
- IPA
- /pɛn.tiʃˈwɛl.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest you become like him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pen-ti-shve-LO
- clause
pen-ti-shve-LO gam-a-TA
- sentence
al-ta-AN ke-SIL ke-i-val-TO pen-ti-shve-LO gam-a-TA
Exegesis
The negative purpose clause pen-tishveh-lo {פֶּֽן־תִּשְׁוֶה־לּ֥וֹ | pen-tiš-wēh-lô} ‘lest you become like him’ indicates the undesirable consequence.
Root and etymology
š-w-hshin–vav–heh
“to be like”
In context — Proverbs 26:4
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you become like him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 26:4, so the Hebrew word פֶּֽן־תִּשְׁוֶה־לּ֥וֹ (pentishvelo) 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.26.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.4.W4.S1) and character.