Proverbs 29:22:1Prov.29.22.W1TAB
אִֽישׁ־אַ֭ף
ishaf
“a man of anger”
- Transliteration
- ISH-AF
- Extended
- EESH-AHF
- IPA
- /ˈʔiːʃ.ʔaf/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man of anger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ISH-AF
- clause
ISH-AF ye-ga-RE ma-DON
- sentence
ISH-AF ye-ga-RE ma-DON u-va-AL khe-MA rav-PA-sha
Exegesis
The compound ish-af {אִֽישׁ־אַ֭ף | ʾîš-ʾáp} ‘man of anger’ mirrors ūḇāʿǎl ḥḗmāh {וּבַ֖עַל חֵמָ֣ה | ū-ḇāʿǎl ḥê-māh} ‘owner of fury.’
Root and etymology
ʾ-paleph–peh
“nose, anger”
In context — Proverbs 29:22
A man of anger stirs up strife, and one given to fury has abundant transgression.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 29:22, so the Hebrew word אִֽישׁ־אַ֭ף (ishaf) 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.29.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.22.W1.S1) and character.