Proverbs 5:10:4Prov.5.10.W4TAB
וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ
vaatsavekha
“and your labors or pains”
- Transliteration
- va-a-tsa-VE-kha
- Extended
- vah-ah-tsaa-VEH-khaa
- IPA
- /va.ʕătsaːˈvɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your labors or pains
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-a-tsa-VE-kha
- clause
va-a-tsa-VE-kha be-VET nakh-RI
- sentence
pen-yis-be-U za-RIM KO-khe-kha va-a-tsa-VE-kha be-VET nakh-RI
Exegesis
The conjunction va-atzavekha {וַעֲצָבֶיךָ | wa-ʿă-ṣā-ḇê-khâ} links ‘your labors’ in parallel to ‘strength’, forming a merismus that heightens the warning.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–tsade–bet
“pain, labor”
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 5:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 5:10, so the Hebrew word וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ (vaatsavekha) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.10.W4.S1) and character.