Proverbs 7:2:4Prov.7.2.W4TAB
וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗י
vetorati
“and my instruction or law”
- Transliteration
- ve-to-ra-TI
- Extended
- veh-toh-rah-THEE
- IPA
- /vətoːraːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my instruction or law
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' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-to-ra-TI
- clause
ve-to-ra-TI ke-i-SHON e-NE-kha
- sentence
she-MOR mits-vo-TAI ve-khye ve-to-ra-TI ke-i-SHON e-NE-kha
Exegesis
A further vav in vetorati {וְתוֹרָתִ֗י | wə-tô-rā-ṯî} ‘and my teaching’ extends the injunction from statutes to comprehensive instruction.
In context — Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments and you will live; guard my teaching like the pupil of your eye.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 7:2, so the Hebrew word וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗י (vetorati) 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.7.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.2.W4.S1) and character.