Proverbs 5:9:4Prov.5.9.W4TAB
וּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָ
ushenotekha
“and your years”
- Transliteration
- u-she-no-TE-kha
- Extended
- oo-sheh-noh-TEH-khaa
- IPA
- /u.ʃənoːˈtɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your years
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
u-she-no-TE-kha
- clause
u-she-no-TE-kha le-akh-za-RI
- sentence
pen-tit-TEN la-a-khe-RIM ho-DE-kha u-she-no-TE-kha le-akh-za-RI
Exegesis
The vav-conjunction ushnoteikha {וּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָ | ū-šen-ō-te-kha} links ‘your years’ as a parallel object, and the prepositional phrase leakhzari {לְאַכְזָרִֽי | lə-ʾakh-zā-rî} ‘to a cruel one’ specifies the undeserving recipient. The Hebrew word order, placing objects before the verb’s consequence, heightens the focus on the losses.
In context — Proverbs 5:9
Lest you give your honor to others and your years to a cruel one .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 5:9, so the Hebrew word וּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָ (ushenotekha) 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.5.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.9.W4.S1) and character.