Proverbs 4:17:5Prov.4.17.W5TAB
וְיֵ֖ין
veyen
“and wine”
- Transliteration
- ve-YEN
- Extended
- veh-YEEN
- IPA
- /vəˈjeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and wine
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-YEN
- clause
ve-YEN kha-ma-SIM yish-TU
- sentence
KI la-KHA-mu LE-khem RE-sha ve-YEN kha-ma-SIM yish-TU
Exegesis
Each verb governs a construct chain—leḥem rešaʿ {לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע | le-ḥem re-šaʿ} ‘bread of wickedness’ and wəyeîn ḥămasîm {וְיֵין חֲמָסִים | wə-yê-în ḥă-mā-śîm} ‘and wine of violent deeds’—personifying sin as sustenance and intoxication. The parallelism and construct phrases intensify the moral indictment by depicting wickedness and violence as nourishment and drink.
In context — Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness , and drink the wine of violence .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 4:17, so the Hebrew word וְיֵ֖ין (veyen) 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.4.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.17.W5.S1) and character.