Proverbs 27:13:2Prov.27.13.W2TAB
כִּי־עָ֣רַב
kiarav
“for he has given pledge”
- Transliteration
- KI-A-rav
- Extended
- KEE-AA-rahv
- IPA
- /kiː.ʕaːˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- for he has given pledge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KI-A-rav
- clause
KAKH-BIG-DO KI-A-rav ZAR
- sentence
KAKH-BIG-DO KI-A-rav ZAR u-ve-AD na-khe-ri-YA khav-LE-hu
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} in the first clause serves a causal or conditional role linking the act of taking the garment to arav {עָרַב | ʿārav} ‘has become surety’ for zar {זָר | zār} ‘stranger.’
Root and etymology
Rootayin–resh–bet
“to pledge”
In context — Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment when he has become surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a foreign woman.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 27:13, so the Hebrew word כִּי־עָ֣רַב (kiarav) 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.27.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.13.W2.S1) and character.