Proverbs 28:17:4Prov.28.17.W4TAB
עַד־בּ֥וֹר
adbor
“until a pit”
- Transliteration
- ad-BOR
- Extended
- ahd-BOHR
- IPA
- /ʕadˈboːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- until a pit
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-BOR
- phraseyour reading level
A-dam a-SHUK be-DAM-NA-fesh ad-BOR ya-NUS
- sentence
A-dam a-SHUK be-DAM-NA-fesh ad-BOR ya-NUS al-yit-me-KHU-VO
Exegesis
The phrase ad-bor {עַד־בּוֹר | ʿad bôr} ‘until pit’ establishes a limit, leading to yanus {יָנוּס | yā·nûs} ‘he will flee’, a future flight.
Root and etymology
b-w-rbet–vav–resh
“pit”
In context — Proverbs 28:17
A man burdened by blood will flee to the pit ; let no one support him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 28:17, so the Hebrew word עַד־בּ֥וֹר (adbor) 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.28.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.17.W4.S1) and character.