Proverbs 26:8:2Prov.26.8.W2TAB
אֶ֭בֶן
even
“a stone”
- Transliteration
- E-ven
- Extended
- EH-vehhn
- IPA
- /ˈʔɛ.vɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a stone
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
E-ven
- clause
kits-ROR E-ven be-mar-GE-ma
- sentence
kits-ROR E-ven be-mar-GE-ma ken-NO-ten likh-SIL ka-VOD
Exegesis
The noun phrase eben bemargemah {אֶ֭בֶן בְּמַרְגֵּמָ֑ה | ’e·ḇen bə-mar-gê-mâ} ‘a stone in a sling’ paints vivid imagery.
Root and etymology
א־ב־ן
“stone”
In context — Proverbs 26:8
Like someone binding a stone in a sling , so is the one who bestows honor on a fool .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 26:8, so the Hebrew word אֶ֭בֶן (even) 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.26.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.8.W2.S1) and character.