Proverbs 29:24:5Prov.29.24.W5TAB
אָלָ֥ה
ala
“an oath or a curse”
- Transliteration
- a-LA
- Extended
- ah-LAA
- IPA
- /ʔaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- an oath or a curse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LA
- phraseyour reading level
a-LA yish-MA
- clause
a-LA yish-MA ve-LO ya-GID
- sentence
kho-LEK im-ga-NAV so-NE naf-SHO a-LA yish-MA ve-LO ya-GID
Exegesis
The verse then shifts to a nominal clause with alah {אָלָ֥ה | ʻā-lāh} ‘oath/curse’ as the object of the imperfect yishma {יִשְׁמַ֗ע | yiš-maʿ} ‘he hears’.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–lamed–heh
“to swear, curse”
In context — Proverbs 29:24
Whoever partners with a thief hates his own soul ; he hears the oath yet does not report it.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 29:24, so the Hebrew word אָלָ֥ה (ala) 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.29.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.24.W5.S1) and character.