Proverbs 6:23:4Prov.6.23.W4TAB
וְת֣וֹרָה
vetora
“and instruction”
- Transliteration
- ve-to-RA
- Extended
- veh-toh-RAA
- IPA
- /vətoːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and instruction
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-to-RA
- clause
KI NER mits-VA ve-to-RA OR
- sentence
KI NER mits-VA ve-to-RA OR ve-DE-rekh kha-YIM to-khe-KHOT mu-SAR
Exegesis
The synonymous parallelism between ner mitswah {נֵר מִצְוָה | nêr mits-wāh} ‘lamp commandment’ and torah or {תּוֹרָה אוֹר | tô-rāh ôr} ‘law light’ equates instruction with illumination.
Root and etymology
י־ר־ה
“to teach, instruct”
In context — Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp for your path, and the law is light; and the reproofs of discipline are the road of life.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 6:23, so the Hebrew word וְת֣וֹרָה (vetora) 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.6.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.23.W4.S1) and character.