Proverbs 4:20:3Prov.4.20.W3TAB
הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה
haksheva
“give attention”
- Transliteration
- hak-she-VA
- Extended
- hahk-sheh-VAA
- IPA
- /haqʃiːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- give attention
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hak-she-VA
- clause
be-NI li-de-va-RAI hak-she-VA
- sentence
be-NI li-de-va-RAI hak-she-VA la-a-ma-RAI hat-OZ-ne-kha
Exegesis
The two Hiphil imperatives, haqq•šî•vâ {הַקְשִׁיבָה | haqq-šî-vâ} ‘give attention’ and haṭ•ʾō-zə-nê-ḵā {הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ | haṭ-ʾō-zə-nê-ḵā} ‘incline your ear’, each governs a prepositional phrase—li-dā-vā-rāy {לִדְבָרַי | li-dā-vā-rāy} ‘to my words’ and laʾă-mā-rāy {לַאֲמָרַי | laʾă-mā-rāy} ‘to my sayings’—forming a synonymous parallelism that intensifies the exhortation. The repeated preposition “to” marks directional focus toward the speaker’s guidance, and the paratactic sequence heightens the sense of urgency. In the formal translation, this parallelism is preserved by mirroring “to my words” and “to my sayings”; in the dynamic translation, it is rendered as “listen closely to my words; turn your ear toward what I say” to maintain the balanced call in more conversational English.
In context — Proverbs 4:20
My son, pay attention to my words ; incline your ear to my sayings .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 4:20, so the Hebrew word הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה (haksheva) 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.4.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.20.W3.S1) and character.