Proverbs 7:9:1Prov.7.9.W1TAB
בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶ֥רֶב
beneshefbeerev
“in twilight, in evening”
- Transliteration
- be-NE-shef-be-E-rev
- Extended
- beh-NEH-shehf-beh-EH-rehv
- IPA
- /bəˈnɛ.ʃɛf.bəˈʕɛ.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- in twilight, in evening
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-NE-shef-be-E-rev
- clause
be-NE-shef-be-E-rev YOM
- sentence
be-NE-shef-be-E-rev YOM be-i-SHON LAI-la va-a-fe-LA
Exegesis
The verse employs a series of prepositional phrases to chart the descent of darkness, starting with neshef {בְּנֶֽשֶׁף | bə-nê-šep̄} ‘twilight’ and paralleled by bə‘erev yôm {בְּעֶ֥רֶב יוֹם | bə-‘e-rev yôm} ‘as evening arrives,’ forming synonymous parallelism to highlight fading light.
Root and etymology
n-š-pn-sh-p
“twilight”
In context — Proverbs 7:9
In twilight, as evening arrives, in the blackness of the night and in darkness.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 7:9, so the Hebrew word בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶ֥רֶב (beneshefbeerev) 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.7.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.9.W1.S1) and character.