Proverbs 7:5:3Prov.7.5.W3TAB
זָרָ֑ה
zara
“strange or foreign”
- Transliteration
- za-RA
- Extended
- zaa-RAA
- IPA
- /zaːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- strange or foreign
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-RA
- clause
lish-MAR-kha me-i-SHA za-RA
- sentence
lish-MAR-kha me-i-SHA za-RA min-NA-khri-YA a-ma-RE-ha he-khe-li-KA
Exegesis
It presents two parallel prepositional phrases, me’ishah zarah {מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה | mēʾiššāh zārāh} and minokhriyah {מִנָּכְרִיָּה | minnōkhrīyāh}, reinforcing the warning against dangerous women.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–resh–he
“strange, foreign”
In context — Proverbs 7:5
So they may guard you from a foreign woman, from a stranger whose words she makes smooth .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 7:5, so the Hebrew word זָרָ֑ה (zara) 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.7.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.5.W3.S1) and character.