Proverbs 30:17:7Prov.30.17.W7TAB
עֹרְבֵי־נַ֑חַל
orveinakhal
“ravens of a wadi or valley”
- Transliteration
- or-VEI-na-KHAL
- Extended
- ohr-VEH-ee-nah-KHAHL
- IPA
- /jiq.qəˈruː.haː/
Meaning by language
- English
- ravens of a wadi or valley
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
or-VEI-na-KHAL
- clause
li-ka-AT-EM yik-e-RU-ha or-VEI-na-KHAL
- 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 result clauses use yiqqəruhā {יִקְּר֥וּהָ | yiqqəruhā} ‘will pluck it out’ and wə-yōʾəḵlūhā {וְֽיֹאכְל֥וּהָ | wə-yōʾəḵlūhā} ‘and will eat it’, with agents ʿōrvē-naḥal {עֹרְבֵי־נַ֑חַל | ʿōrvē-naḥal} ‘ravens of the valley’ and bənē-nāšēr {בְנֵי־נָֽשֶׁר | bənē-nāšēr} ‘young eagles’. The vav-consecutive sequence imparts a sense of inevitability, while the construct chains convey possession and identity. This structure highlights the cause-effect relationship characteristic of Hebrew wisdom poetry.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-b
“raven”
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 30:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 30:17, so the Hebrew word עֹרְבֵי־נַ֑חַל (orveinakhal) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.17.W7.S1) and character.