Proverbs 5:20:2Prov.5.20.W2TAB
תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה
tishge
“will you go astray”
- Transliteration
- tish-ge
- Extended
- tihsh-GEH
- IPA
- /tiʃˈɡɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- will you go astray
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-ge
- clause
ve-la-MA tish-ge ve-NI ve-za-RA
- sentence
ve-la-MA tish-ge ve-NI ve-za-RA u-te-kha-BEK KHEK nokh-ri-YA
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect tishgēh {תִשְׁגֶּה | tišgēh} and the Piel imperfect utechabbēq {וּתְחַבֵּ֗ק | wə-teḥabbēq} form a parallel structure that intensifies the rhetorical challenge.
Root and etymology
ש־ג־ה
“to wander, err”
In context — Proverbs 5:20
And why would you, my son, be intoxicated with a foreign woman and embrace the bosom of an outsider ?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 5:20, so the Hebrew word תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה (tishge) 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.5.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.20.W2.S1) and character.