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

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Result
וְ + אִ֣ישׁ
ve + ish
veish

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ISH

  2. clause

    RASH ve-ISH te-kha-KHIM nif-GA-shu

  3. 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 contextProverbs 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.