Proverbs 7:9:3Prov.7.9.W3TAB
בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן
beishon
“in the pupil of or in the blackness of”
- Transliteration
- be-i-SHON
- Extended
- beh-ih-SHOHN
- IPA
- /bəʔiˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the pupil of or in the blackness of
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-i-SHON
- phraseyour reading level
be-i-SHON LAI-la
- clause
be-i-SHON LAI-la va-a-fe-LA
- sentence
be-NE-shef-be-E-rev YOM be-i-SHON LAI-la va-a-fe-LA
Exegesis
This is followed by be’îšôn la’îlāh {בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה | bə-’î-šôn la-î-lāh} ‘during the darkest core of the night,’ narrowing focus to midnight, and concludes with wa’afelâh {וַאֲפֵלָֽה | wa-ʾă-fe-lâh} ‘and darkness,’ which functions as a climactic summary emphasizing total absence of light. The layered structure and parallel syntax are rendered in English by mirroring the Hebrew sequence and intensifying terms.
Root and etymology
’-š-n’-sh-n
“pupil (of the eye)”
In context — Proverbs 7:9
In twilight, as evening arrives, in the blackness of the night and in darkness.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 7:9, so the Hebrew word בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן (beishon) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.9.W3.S1) and character.