Proverbs 30:9:8Prov.30.9.W8TAB
וְגָנַ֑בְתִּי
veganavti
“and I steal”
- Transliteration
- ve-ga-NAV-ti
- Extended
- veh-gaa-NAV-tih
- IPA
- /vəɣaːˈnavtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I steal
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ga-NAV-ti
- phraseyour reading level
MI Ye-ho-VAH u-pen-i-va-RESH ve-ga-NAV-ti
- clause
PEN e-sbe-A ve-khi-khash-TI ve-a-MAR-ti MI Ye-ho-VAH u-pen-i-va-RESH ve-ga-NAV-ti
- sentence
PEN e-sbe-A ve-khi-khash-TI ve-a-MAR-ti MI Ye-ho-VAH u-pen-i-va-RESH ve-ga-NAV-ti ve-ta-FAS-ti SHEM e-lo-HAI
Exegesis
The second clause (û-pen-’ivvāreš {וּפֶֽן־אִוָּרֵ֥שׁ}) ‘lest I become poor’ triggers sequential verbs v-ganavtî {וְגָנַ֑בְתִּי | və-ganavtî} ‘I steal’ and v-ṯāphaštî {וְ֝תָפַ֗שְׂתִּי | və-ṯāphaštî} ‘I seize’. This parallelism underscores the dangers of both abundance and poverty.
Root and etymology
g-n-bgimel-nun-bet
“to steal”
In context — Proverbs 30:9
Lest I be satisfied and deny You, and say, “Who is the LORD ?” Or lest I become poor and steal and misuse the name of my God.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 30:9, so the Hebrew word וְגָנַ֑בְתִּי (veganavti) 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.30.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.9.W8.S1) and character.