Proverbs 27:14:2Prov.27.14.W2TAB
רֵעֵ֨הוּ
reehu
“his neighbor or his friend”
- Transliteration
- re-E-HU
- Extended
- reh-EH-HOO
- IPA
- /rɛːˈʕeːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his neighbor or his friend
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
re-E-HU
- phraseyour reading level
re-E-HU be-KOL ga-DOL ba-BO-ker hash-KEIM
- clause
me-va-REKH re-E-HU be-KOL ga-DOL ba-BO-ker hash-KEIM
- sentence
me-va-REKH re-E-HU be-KOL ga-DOL ba-BO-ker hash-KEIM ke-la-LA te-kha-SHEV LO
Exegesis
The direct object re’ehu {רֵעֵ֨הוּ | rê-ʿê-hû} ‘his friend’ carries a pronominal suffix.
Root and etymology
rʿhresh–ayin–heh
“to befriend”
In context — Proverbs 27:14
Whoever blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will have it counted as a curse to him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 27:14, so the Hebrew word רֵעֵ֨הוּ (reehu) 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.27.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.14.W2.S1) and character.