Proverbs 6:30:8Prov.6.30.W8TAB
יִרְעָֽב׃
yirav
“he is hungry”
- Transliteration
- yir-AV
- Extended
- yihr-AAV
- IPA
- /jirˈʕaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- he is hungry
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yir-AV
- phraseyour reading level
KI yir-AV
- clause
le-mal-LE naf-SHO KI yir-AV
- sentence
LO-ya-VU-zu la-gan-NAV KI yig-NOV le-mal-LE naf-SHO KI yir-AV
Exegesis
Two causal clauses introduced by ki {כִּי | kî} explain motive: ki yignov le-malle nafsho {כִּי יִגְנ֑וֹב לְמַלֵּ֥א נַפְשׁ֗וֹ} ‘if he steals to satisfy his soul’, and ki yirav {כִּי יִרְעָֽב | kî yir-ʿāḇ} ‘because he is hungry’.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-bresh–ayin–bet
“to be hungry”
In context — Proverbs 6:30
They do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his soul because he is hungry .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 6:30, so the Hebrew word יִרְעָֽב׃ (yirav) 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.6.30.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.30.W8.S1) and character.