Proverbs 27:17:4Prov.27.17.W4TAB
וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ
veish
“and a man”
- Transliteration
- ve-ISH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ISH
- clause
ve-ISH ya-KHAD pe-NE-RE-e-HU
- sentence
bar-ZEL be-var-ZEL YA-khad ve-ISH ya-KHAD pe-NE-RE-e-HU
Exegesis
The conjunction veʾîš {וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ | wə-ʾîš} ‘and a man’ links the metal metaphor to the interpersonal analogy.
In context — Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the face of his friend .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 27:17, so the Hebrew word וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ (veish) 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.27.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.17.W4.S1) and character.