Proverbs 27:18:7Prov.27.18.W7TAB
יְכֻבָּֽד׃
yekhubbad
“will be honored”
- Transliteration
- ye-khub-BAD
- Extended
- yeh-khoob-BAAD
- IPA
- /jəχubˈbaːð/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be honored
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
ye-khub-BAD
- phraseyour reading level
a-do-NAV ye-khub-BAD
- clause
ve-sho-MER a-do-NAV ye-khub-BAD
- sentence
no-TSER te-e-NA yo-KHAL pir-YA ve-sho-MER a-do-NAV ye-khub-BAD
Exegesis
The proverb features two parallel participial-result clauses with notzer {נֹצֵר | nō-ṣer} ‘one who guards’ and shomer {שֹׁמֵ֖ר | šō-mēr} ‘one who protects’ each followed by its object (te'enah {תְּאֵנָה | tə-ʾē-nāh} ‘fig tree’, adonav {אֲדֹנָיו | ʾă-ḏō-nāw} ‘his master’) and imperfect verbs yokhal {יֹאכַל | yō-ḥăl} ‘will eat’ and yekubad {יְכֻבָּד | yə-ḵub-bāḏ} ‘will be honored’.
Root and etymology
k-v-dkaf–bet–dalet
“to be heavy, honored”
In context — Proverbs 27:18
The one who guards the fig tree will eat its fruit , and the one who guards his master will be honored.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 27:18, so the Hebrew word יְכֻבָּֽד׃ (yekhubbad) 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.27.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.18.W7.S1) and character.