Proverbs 29:4:5Prov.29.4.W5TAB
וְאִ֖ישׁ
veish
“and a man”
- Transliteration
- ve-ISH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a man
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 | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ISH
- clause
ve-ISH te-ru-MOT ye-HER-se-NNA
- sentence
ME-lekh be-mish-PAT ya-a-MID A-rets ve-ISH te-ru-MOT ye-HER-se-NNA
Exegesis
The conjunction weish {וְאִ֖ישׁ | wə-’îš} introduces the adversative second clause weish terumot {וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּרוּמ֣וֹת | wə-’îš tə-rū-môṯ} ‘but a man of gifts’, with terumot denoting corrupt contributions.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–yod–shin
“man, male”
In context — Proverbs 29:4
A king, through justice , establishes the land; but a man of gifts tears it down.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 29:4, so the Hebrew word וְאִ֖ישׁ (veish) 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.29.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.4.W5.S1) and character.