Proverbs 30:16:2Prov.30.16.W2TAB
וְעֹ֢צֶ֫ר
veotser
“and a restraint or barrenness”
- Transliteration
- ve-O-tser
- Extended
- veh-OH-tsehr
- IPA
- /wəˈʕo.tsɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a restraint or barrenness
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-O-tser
- clause
she-OL ve-O-tser
- sentence
she-OL ve-O-tser RA-kham E-rets lo-SA-ve-a MA-yim ve-ESH lo-AM-ra HON
In context — Proverbs 30:16
The grave, the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that does not say, “Enough.”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 30:16, so the Hebrew word וְעֹ֢צֶ֫ר (veotser) 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.30.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.16.W2.S1) and character.