Proverbs 30:12:1Prov.30.12.W1TAB
דּ֭וֹר
dor
“a generation”
- Transliteration
- DOR
- Extended
- DOHR
- IPA
- /ˈdoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a generation
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DOR
- clause
DOR ta-HOR be-e-NAV
- sentence
DOR ta-HOR be-e-NAV u-mits-tso-a-TO LO ru-KHATS
Exegesis
The verse begins with generation {דּוֹר | dôr} ‘generation’ functioning as the subject, followed by the adjective pure {טָהוֹר | ṭāhôr} linked to be-einav {בְּעֵינָיו | bə-ʿê-nāw} ‘in his eyes’, which signals subjective self-assessment.
Root and etymology
d-w-rdalet–vav–resh
“generation, cycle”
In context — Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet it has not been washed from its filth .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 30:12, so the Hebrew word דּ֭וֹר (dor) 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.30.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.12.W1.S1) and character.