Proverbs 30:23:5Prov.30.23.W5TAB
וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗ה
veshifkha
“and a female servant”
- Transliteration
- ve-shif-KHA
- Extended
- veh-shihf-KHAA
- IPA
- /vəʃifˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a female servant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shif-KHA
- clause
ve-shif-KHA KI-ti-RASH ge-vir-TAH
- sentence
TA-khat se-nu-A KI tiv-ba-EL ve-shif-KHA KI-ti-RASH ge-vir-TAH
Exegesis
The construct phrase wə-šip̄ḥâ {וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗ה | wə-šip̄-ḥâ} kî-tîraš gəḇirtāh {גְּבִרְתָּֽהּ | gə-ḇir-tāh} tightly binds “maidservant” and “mistress,” emphasizing transfer of authority. The parallel asyndeton is rendered in English by the repeated “when” to reflect the balanced structure.
Root and etymology
š-p-ḥShin, Pe, Chet
“maidservant”
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 30:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 30:23, so the Hebrew word וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗ה (veshifkha) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.23.W5.S1) and character.