Proverbs 6:13:4Prov.6.13.W4TAB
בְּרַגְלָ֑ו
beraglav
“with his feet”
- Transliteration
- be-rag-LAV
- Extended
- beh-rahg-LAAV
- IPA
- /bəragˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- with his feet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
be-rag-LAV
- clause
ko-RETS be-ei-NAV mo-LEL be-rag-LAV
- sentence
ko-RETS be-ei-NAV mo-LEL be-rag-LAV mo-RE be-ets-be-o-TAV
Exegesis
The verse employs a tricolon of participles—koretz {קֹרֵץ | qō-reṣ} ‘he winks’, molel {מֹלֵל | mō-lêl} ‘he signals’, and moreh {מֹרֶה | mō-rêh} ‘he points’—each paired with an instrumental prepositional phrase (b’einav {בְּעֵינָו | bə-ʿê-nāw}, b’raglav {בְּרַגְלָו | bə-rag-lāw}, b’etzbeotav {בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָיו | bə-ʾeṣ-bə-ʿō-tāw}) indicating different physical gestures. The asyndetic structure underscores the ongoing, habitual nature of these covert actions. Variation of Hebrew stems from Qal to Piel to Hiphil introduces nuance from simple action to intensified signaling and directive pointing. Maintaining participial English verbs preserves the continuous aspect and parallelism inherent in the Hebrew.
Root and etymology
RootResh–Gimel–Lamed
“foot”
In context — Proverbs 6:13
He winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 6:13, so the Hebrew word בְּרַגְלָ֑ו (beraglav) 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.6.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.13.W4.S1) and character.