Proverbs 28:6:1Prov.28.6.W1TAB
טֽוֹב־רָ֭שׁ
tovrash
“better is a poor person”
- Transliteration
- TOV-RASH
- Extended
- TOHV-RAASH
- IPA
- /ˈtˤoːv.ˈraːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- better is a poor person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TOV-RASH
- clause
TOV-RASH ho-LEKH be-tum-MO
- sentence
TOV-RASH ho-LEKH be-tum-MO me-i-KESH de-ra-KHA-yim ve-HU a-SHIR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the comparative adjective tov {טֽוֹב־ | tōb} ‘better’, establishing an antithetic parallelism.
Its subject rash {רָ֭שׁ | rāš} ‘a poor one’ is followed by the Qal active participle holekh {הוֹלֵ֣ךְ | hôlêḵ} ‘walking’ and the construct phrase b’tumo {בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ | bə-tû-mô} ‘in his integrity’, specifying manner.
Root and etymology
ט־ו־ב
“good”
In context — Proverbs 28:6
Better is a poor person who walks in integrity than one who is perverse in his ways, though he is rich.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 28:6, so the Hebrew word טֽוֹב־רָ֭שׁ (tovrash) 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.28.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.6.W1.S1) and character.