Proverbs 29:13:4Prov.29.13.W4TAB
נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ
nifgashu
“have met”
- Transliteration
- nif-GA-shu
- Extended
- nihf-GAA-shoo
- IPA
- /nif.ɡaːˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- have met
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
nif-GA-shu
- 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
These are followed by the Nifal perfect niphgāšû {נִפְגָּשׁוּ | nip̄gāšû} ‘they met’, uniting social extremes.
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 29:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 29:13, so the Hebrew word נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ (nifgashu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.13.W4.S1) and character.