Proverbs 7:12:5Prov.7.12.W5TAB
וְאֵ֖צֶל
veetsel
“and beside or and near”
- Transliteration
- ve-E-tsel
- Extended
- veh-EE-tsehl
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeː.tsɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and beside or and near
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-E-tsel
- clause
ve-E-tsel KAL-pi-NA te-e-ROV
- sentence
PA-am ba-KHUTS pa-AM ba-re-KHO-vot ve-E-tsel KAL-pi-NA te-e-ROV
Exegesis
It then traces a spatial progression from bachutz {בַּח֗וּץ | baḥûṣ} ‘in the street,’ to barechovot {בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת | barḥôbôṯ} ‘in the squares,’ culminating with veetzel kol-pinnah {וְאֵ֖צֶל כָּל-פִּנָּ֣ה | wə-’êṣel kol-pinnā} ‘and at every corner.’
In context — Proverbs 7:12
One moment she is in the street , another in the squares; at every corner she lies in wait .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 7:12, so the Hebrew word וְאֵ֖צֶל (veetsel) 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.7.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.12.W5.S1) and character.