Proverbs 29:18:6Prov.29.18.W6TAB
תּוֹרָ֣ה
tora
“the law or instruction”
- Transliteration
- to-RA
- Extended
- toh-RAA
- IPA
- /toːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the law or instruction
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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Word in context
- word
to-RA
- phraseyour reading level
to-RA ash-re-HU
- clause
ve-sho-MER to-RA ash-re-HU
- sentence
be-EN kha-ZON yip-pa-RA AM ve-sho-MER to-RA ash-re-HU
Exegesis
A contrasting apodosis starts with the conjunctive participle ve-shomer {וְשׁוֹמֵר | wə-šō-mēr} ‘but the one who keeps’, followed by the object torah {תּוֹרָה | tôrā} ‘law’.
Root and etymology
Rootyod–resh–heh
“to instruct, teach, shoot forth”
In context — Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people become unrestrained, but whoever keeps the law is blessed .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 29:18, so the Hebrew word תּוֹרָ֣ה (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.29.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.18.W6.S1) and character.