Proverbs 28:18:3Prov.28.18.W3TAB
יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ
yivashea
“will be saved or delivered”
- Transliteration
- yi-va-SHE-a
- Extended
- yih-vaa-SHEH-ah
- IPA
- /jiv.vaːˈʃeː.ʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be saved or delivered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yi-va-SHE-a
- clause
ho-LEKH ta-MIM yi-va-SHE-a
- sentence
ho-LEKH ta-MIM yi-va-SHE-a ve-ne-KASH de-ra-KHA-yim yi-POL be-e-KHAT
Exegesis
The Nifal imperfect yivashe'a {יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ | yiv-vā-šēa‘} ‘will be delivered’ uses passive voice to convey divine or circumstantial rescue.
In context — Proverbs 28:18
Whoever walks blamelessly will be saved, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 28:18, so the Hebrew word יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ (yivashea) 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.28.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.18.W3.S1) and character.