Proverbs 27:24:5Prov.27.24.W5TAB
וְאִם־נֵ֝֗זֶר
veimnezer
“and if a crown”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-NE-zer
- Extended
- veh-ihm-NEE-zehr
- IPA
- /vəʔimˈneː.zɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if a crown
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 | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-im-NE-zer
- clause
ve-im-NE-zer le-DOR DOR va-DOR
- sentence
KI LO le-o-LAM KHO-sen ve-im-NE-zer le-DOR DOR va-DOR
Exegesis
The adversative veim {וְאִם־ | wə-ʾim} ‘and if’ shifts to a rhetorical question, with nezer {נֵזֶר | nezēr} ‘crown’ forming a parallel nominal subject.
Root and etymology
Rootn-z-r
“consecrated gift”
In context — Proverbs 27:24
For riches are not forever, and does a crown endure to every generation?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 27:24, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־נֵ֝֗זֶר (veimnezer) 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.27.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.24.W5.S1) and character.