Proverbs 30:27:3Prov.30.27.W3TAB
לָאַרְבֶּ֑ה
laarbe
“for the locust”
- Transliteration
- la-AR-be
- Extended
- laa-AR-beh
- IPA
- /laːˈʔar.bɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the locust
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-AR-be
- clause
ME-lekh EN la-AR-be
- sentence
ME-lekh EN la-AR-be va-ye-TSE kho-TSETS ku-LO
Exegesis
The dative laarbeh {לָאַרְבֶּ֑ה | lārbe} identifies the locusts as the subject.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-baleph–resh–bet
“to swarm”
In context — Proverbs 30:27
The locusts have no king, yet they all go out in divisions ;
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 30:27, so the Hebrew word לָאַרְבֶּ֑ה (laarbe) 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.30.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.27.W3.S1) and character.