Proverbs 7:9:5Prov.7.9.W5TAB
וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃
vaafela
“and darkness”
- Transliteration
- va-a-fe-LA
- Extended
- vah-ah-feh-LAA
- IPA
- /vaʔăfeˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and darkness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-fe-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
’-p-l’-p-l
“darkness, gloom”
In context — Proverbs 7:9
In twilight, as evening arrives, in the blackness of the night and in darkness.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 7:9, so the Hebrew word וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃ (vaafela) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.9.W5.S1) and character.