Proverbs 5:8:4Prov.5.8.W4TAB
וְאַל־תִּ֝קְרַ֗ב
vealtikrav
“and do not draw near”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-tik-RAV
- Extended
- veh-ahl-tihk-RAV
- IPA
- /vɛ.ʔal.tiqˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and do not draw near
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-al-tik-RAV
- clause
ve-al-tik-RAV el-PE-takh BE-ta
- sentence
har-KHEK me-a-LE-ha dar-KE-kha ve-al-tik-RAV el-PE-takh BE-ta
Exegesis
This parallels in synonymous parallelism the jussive ve’al-tikrav {וְאַל־תִּ֝קְרַ֗ב | wə-ʾal-ti-qrav} ‘and do not approach,’ which introduces el-petach {אֶל־פֶּתַח | el-pe-ṭaḥ} ‘to the entrance’ and concludes with beitah {בֵּיתָהּ | bē-tāh} ‘her house.’ The shift from abstract path to concrete threshold heightens the admonitory force, while the consistent clause pattern emphasizes the warning’s severity.
In context — Proverbs 5:8
Put your way far from her, and do not approach the doorway of her house .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 5:8, so the Hebrew word וְאַל־תִּ֝קְרַ֗ב (vealtikrav) 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.5.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.8.W4.S1) and character.