Proverbs 3:16:4Prov.3.16.W4TAB
בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּ
bisemoohlah
“in her left hand”
- Transliteration
- bi-se-mo-OH-lah
- Extended
- bih-seh-moh-OH-lah
- IPA
- /bis.moː.ʔoːˈlaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in her left hand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bi-se-mo-OH-lah
- clause
bi-se-mo-OH-lah O-sher ve-kha-VOD
- sentence
O-rekh ya-MIM bi-yi-mi-NAH bi-se-mo-OH-lah O-sher ve-kha-VOD
Exegesis
The second colon mirrors this structure with bi-səmōlāh {בִּשְׂמֹאולָהּ | bī-šə-mō-lāh} ‘in her left hand’ distributing the paired abstract nouns osher {עֹשֶׁר | ʿō-šer} ‘riches’ and kavod {כָבוֹד | kā-vōḏ} ‘honor’. The Hebrew’s lack of verbs requires supplying linking verbs in English to render the nominal clauses. The coordinating vav in ve-kavod is rendered as “and” to preserve the distributive parallelism.
In context — Proverbs 3:16
In her right hand is length of days; in her left hand are riches and honor .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 3:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 3:16, so the Hebrew word בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּ (bisemoohlah) 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.3.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.3.16.W4.S1) and character.