Proverbs 29:3:7Prov.29.3.W7TAB
יְאַבֶּד־הֽוֹן׃
yeabedhon
“destroys wealth or substance”
- Transliteration
- ye-a-BED-HON
- Extended
- yeh-ah-BBEHD-HOHN
- IPA
- /jəʔabːɛd.hoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- destroys wealth or substance
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-a-BED-HON
- clause
ve-RO-e zo-NOT ye-a-BED-HON
- sentence
ISH-O-HEV KHOKH-MA ye-sa-MAKH a-VIV ve-RO-e zo-NOT ye-a-BED-HON
Exegesis
The Piel imperfect yeabbed-hon {יְאַבֶּד־הֽוֹן | yə-ʾab-bēḏ-hôn} conveys a future destructive outcome for wealth. This parallelism and antithesis are rendered in English SVO order to maintain rhetorical balance.
Root and etymology
ה־ו־ן
“substance, wealth”
In context — Proverbs 29:3
A man who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice, but one who keeps company with prostitutes destroys his wealth.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 29:3, so the Hebrew word יְאַבֶּד־הֽוֹן׃ (yeabedhon) 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.29.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.3.W7.S1) and character.