Proverbs 30:19:9Prov.30.19.W9TAB
בְלֶב־יָ֑ם
belevyam
“in the heart of the sea”
- Transliteration
- be-LEV-YAM
- Extended
- beh-LEHV-YAAM
- IPA
- /bəˈlɛv.ˈjaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the heart of the sea
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-LEV-YAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-LE TSUR DE-rekh-o-NI-ya be-LEV-YAM
- clause
DE-rekh ha-NE-sher ba-sha-MA-yim DE-rekh na-KHASH a-LE TSUR DE-rekh-o-NI-ya be-LEV-YAM
- sentence
DE-rekh ha-NE-sher ba-sha-MA-yim DE-rekh na-KHASH a-LE TSUR DE-rekh-o-NI-ya be-LEV-YAM ve-DE-rekh GE-ver be-AL-ma
Exegesis
The third clause, derekh-oniyah be-lev-yam {דֶרֶךְ־אֳנִיָּה בְּלֶב־יָם | dĕ-rĕ-ḵ-ʾŏ-nî-yā bĕ-leḇ-yām} ‘way-of ship in-heart-of sea’, and the final clause, ve-derekh gever be-almah {וְדֶרֶךְ גֶּבֶר בְּעַלְמָה | wĕ-dĕ-rĕ-ḵ gĕ-ber bĕ-ʿal-māh} ‘and-way man with young woman’, form a syntactic parallelism.
In context — Proverbs 30:19
The way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Proverbs 30:19, so the Hebrew word בְלֶב־יָ֑ם (belevyam) 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.30.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.19.W9.S1) and character.