Proverbs 4:16:6Prov.4.16.W6TAB
וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥ה
venigzela
“and is taken away”
- Transliteration
- ve-nig-ze-LA
- Extended
- veh-nihg-zeh-LAA
- IPA
- /vənigzəˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and is taken away
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-nig-ze-LA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-nig-ze-LA she-na-TAM
- clause
ve-nig-ze-LA she-na-TAM im-LO yakh-shi-LU
- sentence
KI LO yish-NU im-LO ya-RE-u ve-nig-ze-LA she-na-TAM im-LO yakh-shi-LU
Exegesis
The coordinated clause employs the vav-conjunction with the Nifal perfect ve-nigzlah {וְנִגְזְלָה | wə-nig-zə-lāh} ‘and it is stolen’, emphasizing involuntary deprivation.
In context — Proverbs 4:16
They do not sleep unless they do evil, and their sleep is stolen unless they cause someone to stumble .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 4:16, so the Hebrew word וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥ה (venigzela) 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.4.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.16.W6.S1) and character.