Proverbs 7:16:3Prov.7.16.W3TAB
עַרְשִׂ֑י
arsi
“my couch or bed”
- Transliteration
- ar-SI
- Extended
- ahr-SEE
- IPA
- /ʕarˈsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my couch or bed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ar-SI
- clause
mar-va-DIM ra-VAD-ti ar-SI
- sentence
mar-va-DIM ra-VAD-ti ar-SI kha-tu-BOT E-tun mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The construct noun arshi {עַרְשִׂי | ʿăr-śî} ‘my bed’ asserts personal possession.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ–r–sh
“bed, couch”
In context — Proverbs 7:16
I have spread coverings on my bed, with colored patterns and fine linen of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 7:16, so the Hebrew word עַרְשִׂ֑י (arsi) 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.7.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.16.W3.S1) and character.