Proverbs 30:23:4Prov.30.23.W4TAB
תִבָּעֵ֑ל
tivbael
“she is married”
- Transliteration
- tiv-ba-EL
- Extended
- tihv-baa-EHL
- IPA
- /tiv.baːˈʕeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- she is married
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
tiv-ba-EL
- clause
TA-khat se-nu-A KI tiv-ba-EL
- sentence
TA-khat se-nu-A KI tiv-ba-EL ve-shif-KHA KI-ti-RASH ge-vir-TAH
Exegesis
The niphal imperfect tibbaʿêl {תִבָּעֵל | tib-bā-ʿêl} “she becomes a wife” and the qal imperfect kî-tîraš {כִּֽי־תִירַ֥שׁ | kî-ti-ráš} “when she inherits” mark two conditional scenarios.
In context — Proverbs 30:23
In the case of an unloved woman when she becomes a wife, and of a maidservant when she inherits her mistress .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 30:23, so the Hebrew word תִבָּעֵ֑ל (tivbael) 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.30.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.23.W4.S1) and character.