Proverbs 3:15:2Prov.3.15.W2TAB

הִ֭יא

hi

she

Transliteration
HI
Extended
HEE
IPA
/ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
she

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    HI

  2. clause

    ye-ka-RA HI mi-fa-NA-yim mi-pe-ni-NIM

  3. sentence

    ye-ka-RA HI mi-fa-NA-yim mi-pe-ni-NIM ve-KHOL-kha-fa-TSE-kha LO yi-she-VU-VAH

Exegesis

The verse opens with a predicate nominal where the adjective yekarah {יְקָרָה | yə-qā-rāh} ‘precious’ functions as subject complement to the pronoun hî {הִיא | hīʼ} ‘she’.

In contextProverbs 3:15

She is more precious than pearls , and all your desires cannot equal her.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 3:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 3:15, so the Hebrew word הִ֭יא (hi) 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.3.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.3.15.W2.S1) and character.