Proverbs 29:27:5Prov.29.27.W5TAB
וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת
vetoavat
“and abomination of”
- Transliteration
- ve-to-a-VAT
- Extended
- veh-toh-ah-VAHT
- IPA
- /vətoː.ʕăˈvaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and abomination of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ve-to-a-VAT
- clause
ve-to-a-VAT ra-SHA ye-SHAR-da-REKH
- sentence
to-a-VAT tsa-di-KIM ISH A-vel ve-to-a-VAT ra-SHA ye-SHAR-da-REKH
Exegesis
The conjunction ve-toavat parallels this with the construct toavat-rasha {וְתוֹעֲבַת רָשָׁע | wə-tô-ʿă-vat rā-šāʿ} ‘abomination of the wicked’, then the adjective construct yeshar-derekh {יְשַׁר־דָּֽרֶךְ | yĕ-šar dā-reḵ} ‘upright of way’ completes a chiastic structure highlighting reciprocal disdain. English translation renders these constructs with prepositional phrases (‘to the righteous’, ‘to the wicked’) to maintain the moral evaluation inherent in the Hebrew.
Root and etymology
Roott-ʿ-b
“to abhor, detest”
In context — Proverbs 29:27
An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous , and one who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 29:27, so the Hebrew word וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת (vetoavat) 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.29.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.27.W5.S1) and character.