Proverbs 28:9:4Prov.28.9.W4TAB
תּוֹרָ֑ה
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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The word
Word in context
- word
to-RA
- clause
me-SIR OZ-no mish-she-MO-a to-RA
- sentence
me-SIR OZ-no mish-she-MO-a to-RA GAM te-fi-LA-to to-e-VA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Hiphil participle mesir {מֵסִיר | mê-śîr} ‘turning aside’, functioning as the protasis of a conditional clause, where the noun phrase ozno {אָזְנוֹ | ʾāz-nô} ‘his ear’ and the infinitive construct mishmoa torah {מִשְּׁמֹעַ תּוֹרָה | miš-mō-ʿa tô-rāh} ‘from hearing the law’ specify the action refused.
Root and etymology
y-r-hyod–resh–heh
“teach, instruct”
In context — Proverbs 28:9
Whoever turns aside his ear so that he does not hear the law, even his prayer becomes an abomination .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 28:9, so the Hebrew word תּוֹרָ֑ה (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.28.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.9.W4.S1) and character.