Proverbs 28:22:2Prov.28.22.W2TAB
לַה֗וֹן
lahon
“to wealth”
- Transliteration
- la-HON
- Extended
- lah-HOHN
- IPA
- /laˈhoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to wealth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-HON
- phraseyour reading level
nih-vo-HALl la-HON
- clause
nih-vo-HALl la-HON ISH RA A-yin
- sentence
nih-vo-HALl la-HON ISH RA A-yin ve-LO-ye-DA KI-KHE-ser ye-VO-en-NU
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase la-hon {לַה֗וֹן | la-hōn} ‘for wealth’ specifies his desire.
In context — Proverbs 28:22
A man who is hasty for wealth is one with an evil eye , and he does not know that poverty will come upon him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 28:22, so the Hebrew word לַה֗וֹן (lahon) 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.28.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.22.W2.S1) and character.