Proverbs 4:17:7Prov.4.17.W7TAB
יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃
yishtu
“they drink”
- Transliteration
- yish-TU
- Extended
- yihsh-TOO
- IPA
- /jiʃˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they drink
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-TU
- phraseyour reading level
kha-ma-SIM yish-TU
- 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
The parallel Qal perfect lāḥămū {לָחֲמוּ | lā-ḥă-mū} ‘they ate’ and Qal imperfect yištû {יִשְׁתּוּ | yi-štû} ‘they drink’ establish a poetic couplet expressing habitual action.
In context — Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness , and drink the wine of violence .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 4:17, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃ (yishtu) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.17.W7.S1) and character.