Proverbs 29:13:2Prov.29.13.W2TAB
וְאִ֣ישׁ
veish
“and a man”
- Transliteration
- ve-ISH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ISH
- clause
RASH ve-ISH te-kha-KHIM nif-GA-shu
- sentence
RASH ve-ISH te-kha-KHIM nif-GA-shu me-IR-e-NE she-NE-hem Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with two coordinated nominal subjects, rash {רָשׁ | rāš} ‘poor person’ and veʾîš təkāḵîm {וְאִישׁ תְּכָכִים | wə-ʾîš təḵāḵîm} ‘a man of schemers’, with no overt copula.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man, male”
In context — Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and the oppressor meet together; the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 29:13, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֣ישׁ (veish) 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.29.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.13.W2.S1) and character.