Proverbs 30:17:1Prov.30.17.W1TAB
עַ֤יִן
ayin
“an eye”
- Transliteration
- A-yin
- Extended
- AH-yihn
- IPA
- /ʕaˈjin/
Meaning by language
- English
- an eye
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
A-yin
- phraseyour reading level
A-yin til-e-AG le-AV
- clause
A-yin til-e-AG le-AV ve-ta-VUZ
- sentence
A-yin til-e-AG le-AV ve-ta-VUZ li-ka-AT-EM yik-e-RU-ha or-VEI-na-KHAL ve-yo-khe-LU-ha ve-NEI-na-SHER
Exegesis
The proverb centers on ayin {עַ֤יִן | ʿăyîn} ‘eye’ as the subject governing parallel Qal imperfect verbs tilʿāg {תִּֽלְעַ֣ג | tilʿāg} ‘mocks’ and wəṯāḇûz {וְתָב֢וּז | wəṯāḇûz} ‘despises’, each taking prepositional objects ləʾāḇ {לְאָב֮ | ləʾāḇ} ‘at a father’ and liqqāḥatʾēm {לִֽיקֲּהַ֫ת־אֵ֥ם | liqqāḥatʾēm} ‘to a mother’s reproof’, forming a chiastic parallelism.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-n
“eye”
In context — Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocks a father and despises to obey a mother is plucked out by ravens of the valley, and the young eagles will eat it.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 30:17, so the Hebrew word עַ֤יִן (ayin) 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.30.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.17.W1.S1) and character.