Proverbs 4:15:3Prov.4.15.W3TAB
שְׂטֵ֖ה
sete
“turn aside”
- Transliteration
- SE-TE
- Extended
- seh-TEH
- IPA
- /səˈtˤeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- turn aside
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SE-TE
- clause
SE-TE me-A-LAV va-a-VOR
- sentence
pe-ra-E-HU al-ta-a-VAR-BO SE-TE me-A-LAV va-a-VOR
Exegesis
Next the Qal imperative shteh {שְׂטֵ֖ה | śə-ṭē} ‘turn aside’ appears with the prepositional phrase me‘alav {מֵעָלָ֣יו | me-ʿā-lāv} ‘from upon it’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–tet–heh
“to turn aside, deviate”
In context — Proverbs 4:15
Avoid it; do not pass by it. Turn aside from it, and pass on.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 4:15, so the Hebrew word שְׂטֵ֖ה (sete) 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.4.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.15.W3.S1) and character.