Proverbs 5:10:2Prov.5.10.W2TAB
זָרִ֣ים
zarim
“strangers”
- Transliteration
- za-RIM
- Extended
- zaa-RIHM
- IPA
- /zaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- strangers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-RIM
- clause
pen-yis-be-U za-RIM KO-khe-kha
- sentence
pen-yis-be-U za-RIM KO-khe-kha va-a-tsa-VE-kha be-VET nakh-RI
Exegesis
The noun zarim {זָרִים | zā-rîm} ‘strangers’ specifies noncommunity members as the agents of loss.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–resh
“to be foreign, strange”
In context — Proverbs 5:10
Lest strangers be satisfied with your strength , and your labors be in the house of a foreigner.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 5:10, so the Hebrew word זָרִ֣ים (zarim) 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.5.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.10.W2.S1) and character.