Proverbs 31:7:4Prov.31.7.W4TAB
וַ֝עֲמָל֗וֹ
vaamalo
“and his misery or toil”
- Transliteration
- va-a-ma-LO
- Extended
- vah-ah-mah-LOH
- IPA
- /waʕămaːˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his misery or toil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-ma-LO
- clause
va-a-ma-LO LO yiz-KAR-OD
- sentence
yish-TEH ve-yish-KAKH ri-SHO va-a-ma-LO LO yiz-KAR-OD
Exegesis
The construct-state nouns risho {רִישׁוֹ | ri-šō} ‘his poverty’ and va-amalo {וַעֲמָלוֹ | va-ʿa-ma-lō} ‘his toil’ function as direct objects.
Root and etymology
Rootayin mem lamed
“toil, labor”
In context — Proverbs 31:7
Let him drink and forget his poverty , and let him remember his misery no more.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 31:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 31:7, so the Hebrew word וַ֝עֲמָל֗וֹ (vaamalo) 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.31.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.31.7.W4.S1) and character.