Proverbs 29:23:1Prov.29.23.W1TAB
גַּאֲוַ֣ת
gaavat
“pride of”
- Transliteration
- ga-a-VAT
- Extended
- gah-ah-VAT
- IPA
- /ga.ʔăˈvat/
Meaning by language
- English
- pride of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ga-a-VAT
- clause
ga-a-VAT a-DAM tash-pe-LE-nu
- sentence
ga-a-VAT a-DAM tash-pe-LE-nu u-she-FAL-RU-akh yit-MOKH ka-VOD
Exegesis
The proverb employs antithetic parallelism, with gaavat {גַּאֲוַת | ga‾ʾă‾vāṯ} ‘pride of man’ as the subject of the first clause, followed by the Hiphil imperfect tashpilennu {תַּשְׁפִּילֶ֑נּוּ | taš-pî-lê-nû} ‘will bring him low’.
In context — Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride will bring him low, but the one humble in spirit will be upheld in honor .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 29:23, so the Hebrew word גַּאֲוַ֣ת (gaavat) 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.29.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.23.W1.S1) and character.