Proverbs 28:19:1Prov.28.19.W1TAB
עֹבֵ֣ד
oved
“working or cultivating”
- Transliteration
- o-VED
- Extended
- oh-VEHD
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈvɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- working or cultivating
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-VED
- clause
o-VED ad-ma-TO yis-be-A-la-khem
- sentence
o-VED ad-ma-TO yis-be-A-la-khem u-me-rad-DEF re-KIM yis-be-A-rish
Exegesis
In the first, oved {עֹבֵד | ʿô-ḇêḏ} ‘working’ takes admato {אַדְמָתוֹ | ’aḏ-mā-tô} ‘his land’ as object, followed by yisba {יִשְׂבַּע | yiš-bā‘} ‘will be satisfied’ governing lechem {לָחֶם | lā-ḥem} ‘bread’.
Root and etymology
ע־ב־ד
“to work, serve”
In context — Proverbs 28:19
One who works his land will be satisfied with bread, but one who pursues worthless pursuits will be satisfied with poverty .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 28:19, so the Hebrew word עֹבֵ֣ד (oved) 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.28.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.19.W1.S1) and character.