Proverbs 6:29:4Prov.6.29.W4TAB
רֵעֵ֑הוּ
reehu
“his neighbor or his friend”
- Transliteration
- re-E-HU
- Extended
- reh-EE-HOO
- IPA
- /reː.ʕeːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his neighbor or his friend
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-E-HU
- phraseyour reading level
ha-BA el-E-shet re-E-HU
- clause
KEN ha-BA el-E-shet re-E-HU
- sentence
KEN ha-BA el-E-shet re-E-HU LO yi-NA-ke KAL-ha-NO-ge-a BA
Exegesis
The construct chain eshet reʿehu {אֵשֶׁת רֵעֵהוּ | ʾêšeṯ reʿēhû} ‘wife of his neighbor’ highlights the relational breach.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ʻayin
“companion, friend”
In context — Proverbs 6:29
So it is with the one who goes in to the wife of his neighbor; no one who touches her will be held innocent .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 6:29, so the Hebrew word רֵעֵ֑הוּ (reehu) 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.6.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.29.W4.S1) and character.