Proverbs 28:25:5Prov.28.25.W5TAB
עַל־יְהוָ֣ה
alyehovah
“upon the LORD”
- Transliteration
- al-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- ahl-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʕal.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
al-ye-ho-VAH ye-du-SHAN
- clause
u-vo-TE-akh al-ye-ho-VAH ye-du-SHAN
- sentence
re-KHAV-NE-fesh ye-ga-RE ma-DON u-vo-TE-akh al-ye-ho-VAH ye-du-SHAN
Exegesis
The conjunction vav {וּ | ū} then introduces a contrasting clause built around the participle uboteach {וּבוֹטֵ֖חַ | ū-ḇō-tēaḥ} ‘one who trusts’, with the preposition al {עַל־ | ʿal} ‘upon’ linking directly to YHWH {יְהוָ֣ה | Yə-hō-wāh} to emphasize divine trust.
In context — Proverbs 28:25
A person of greedy desire stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the LORD will be enriched.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 28:25, so the Hebrew word עַל־יְהוָ֣ה (alyehovah) 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.28.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.25.W5.S1) and character.