Proverbs 30:17:2Prov.30.17.W2TAB
תִּֽלְעַ֣ג
tileag
“that mocks”
- Transliteration
- til-e-AG
- Extended
- tih l-ahg
Meaning by language
- English
- that mocks
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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Word in context
- word
til-e-AG
- 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.
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 30:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 30:17, so the Hebrew word תִּֽלְעַ֣ג (tileag) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.17.W2.S1) and character.