Proverbs 30:16:7Prov.30.16.W7TAB
וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ
veesh
“and fire”
- Transliteration
- ve-ESH
- Extended
- veh-EESH
- IPA
- /wəˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and fire
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ESH
- clause
ve-ESH lo-AM-ra HON
- sentence
she-OL ve-O-tser RA-kham E-rets lo-SA-ve-a MA-yim ve-ESH lo-AM-ra HON
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־מ
“to incur guilt”
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 30:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 30:16, so the Hebrew word וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ (veesh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.16.W7.S1) and character.