Proverbs 7:8:3Prov.7.8.W3TAB
אֵ֣צֶל
etsel
“near”
- Transliteration
- E-tsel
- Extended
- EEH-tsehl
- IPA
- /ˈʔeː.tsɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- near
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
E-tsel
- clause
o-VER ba-SHUK E-tsel pin-NAH
- sentence
o-VER ba-SHUK E-tsel pin-NAH ve-DE-rekh be-TAH yits-AD
Exegesis
The spatial preposition etzel {אֵ֣צֶל | ’ē-ṣel} ‘near’ introduces pinnah {פִּנָּ֑הּ | pin-nāh} ‘corner’ with a feminine possessive suffix.
In context — Proverbs 7:8
He crossed the street by her corner, and he stepped along the road leading to her house .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 7:8, so the Hebrew word אֵ֣צֶל (etsel) 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.7.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.8.W3.S1) and character.