Proverbs 28:9:7Prov.28.9.W7TAB
תּוֹעֵבָֽה׃
toeva
“an abomination”
- Transliteration
- to-e-VA
- Extended
- toh-eh-VAA
- IPA
- /toː.ʕeːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- an abomination
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-e-VA
- clause
GAM te-fi-LA-to to-e-VA
- sentence
me-SIR OZ-no mish-she-MO-a to-RA GAM te-fi-LA-to to-e-VA
Exegesis
The conjunction gam {גַּם | gam} ‘even’ introduces the apodosis in which tefilato {תְּפִלָּתוֹ | tə-pîl-lā-tô} ‘his prayer’ is equated with the predicate nominal toevah {תּוֹעֵבָה | tô-ʿê-ḇâ} ‘abomination’, highlighting the comprehensive moral consequence of rejecting instruction. The absence of a copula intensifies the assertion that prayer in this context inherently becomes detestable. The formal translation reflects this with “Whoever turns aside his ear so that he does not hear” to mirror the conditional nuance and literal sequence, whereas the dynamic uses “If someone refuses to listen” for natural readability.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-hayin–bet–heh
“detestable”
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 28:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 28:9, so the Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָֽה׃ (toeva) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.9.W7.S1) and character.