Proverbs 5:1:3Prov.5.1.W3TAB
הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה
haksheva
“give attention”
- Transliteration
- hak-she-VA
- Extended
- hahk-sheh-VAA
- IPA
- /haq.ʃiːˈvaː/
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 le-kha-kha-MA-ti hak-she-VA
- sentence
be-NI le-kha-kha-MA-ti hak-she-VA lit-te-vu-NA-ti hat-OZ-ne-kha
Exegesis
It then presents two parallel hiphil imperatives, haksheevah {הַקְשִׁיבָה | ha-qə-šî-bā} ‘pay attention’ and hat-oznekha {הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ | haṭ-ʾoz-nə-ẖā} ‘incline your ear’, each governing a prepositional phrase—lechokhmati {לְחָכְמָתִ֣י | lə-ḥā-ḵəm-ā-tî} ‘to my wisdom’ and litevunati {לִ֝תְבוּנָתִ֗י | liṯ-vū-nā-tî} ‘to my understanding’. The maqqef between hat and oznekha signals the fusion of verb and object, highlighting immediacy. The English SVO order preserves both parallelism and intimate address.
In context — Proverbs 5:1
My son, pay attention to my wisdom , incline your ear to my understanding .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 5:1, 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.5.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.1.W3.S1) and character.