Proverbs 28:4:2Prov.28.4.W2TAB
ת֭וֹרָה
tora
“instruction or law”
- Transliteration
- to-RA
- Extended
- toh-RAA
- IPA
- /toːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- instruction or law
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
to-RA
- clause
o-ze-VE to-RA ye-hal-le-LU ra-SHA
- sentence
o-ze-VE to-RA ye-hal-le-LU ra-SHA ve-sho-me-RE to-RA yit-ga-RU VAM
Exegesis
The first subject phrase ozvei torah {עֹזְבֵי תּוֹרָה | ʿōz-vē tō-rāh} ‘forsakers of instruction’ is paired with the Piel imperfect yehallelu {יְהַֽלְל֣וּ | yə-hal-lē-lū} ‘they praise’ and the predicate noun rasha {רָשָׁ֑ע | rā-šāʿ} ‘wicked’.
The conjunction vav in veshomrei torah {וְשֹׁומְרֵי תּוֹרָה | wə-šom-rê tō-rāh} marks the adversative second clause, with the Hitpael imperfect yitgaru {יִתְגָּ֥רוּ | yit-gā-rū} ‘they contend’ governing the prepositional phrase bam {בָֽם | bām} ‘against them’. The repetition of torah ‘instruction’ frames the moral polarity, while the participial subjects and imperfect verbs convey ongoing behavior patterns and active resistance to wrongdoing.
Root and etymology
י־ר־ה
“to teach, instruct”
In context — Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked , but those who keep the law contend with them, engaging in active opposition .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 28:4, so the Hebrew word ת֭וֹרָה (tora) 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.28.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.4.W2.S1) and character.