Proverbs 29:5:4Prov.29.5.W4TAB
רֶ֝֗שֶׁת
reshet
“a net”
- Transliteration
- RE-shet
- Extended
- REH-sheht
- IPA
- /ˈrɛ.ʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a net
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RE-shet
- clause
RE-shet po-RESH al-pe-a-MAV
- sentence
GE-ver ma-kha-LIK al-RE-e-hu RE-shet po-RESH al-pe-a-MAV
Exegesis
The second clause uses the noun reshet {רֶ֝֗שֶׁת | re-šet} ‘net’ combined with the Qal participle poresh {פּוֹרֵ֥שׂ | pôreś} ‘spreading’ and the prepositional phrase al-pə'amav {עַל־פְּעָמָֽיו | al-pəʿāmāv} ‘for his feet’, similarly directed. The repetition of al creates an inclusio, intensifying the parallelism between flattery and entrapment. Although the suffix could grammatically refer to the subject (“he ensnares himself”), the syntactic balance and proverb context support a reading in which the flatterer ensnares his neighbor.
Root and etymology
r-š-tresh–shin–tav
“net, snare”
In context — Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor sets out a net for his feet.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 29:5, so the Hebrew word רֶ֝֗שֶׁת (reshet) 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.29.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.5.W4.S1) and character.