Proverbs 8:1:3Prov.8.1.W3TAB
וּ֝תְבוּנָ֗ה
utevuna
“and understanding”
- Transliteration
- u-te-vu-NA
- Extended
- oo-teh-voo-NAA
- IPA
- /uθ.vuːˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and understanding
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-te-vu-NA
- clause
u-te-vu-NA ti-TEN ko-LA
- sentence
ha-LO-a-KHOKH-ma tik-RA u-te-vu-NA ti-TEN ko-LA
Exegesis
The conjunction u {וּ | wə} ‘and’ coordinates a parallel second clause in which the subject tevunah {תְבוּנָה | tə-vū-nāh} ‘understanding’ governs the verb titten {תִּתֵּן | tit-tēn} ‘gives,’ taking the object qolah {קוֹלָהּ | qō-lāh} ‘her voice.’ The chiastic parallelism underscores the active personification of Wisdom and Understanding, and the preservation of the rhetorical question in English mirrors the Hebrew syntactic emphasis and poetic structure
Root and etymology
Rootbet–yod–nun
“to discern, distinguish”
In context — Proverbs 8:1
Does not wisdom call out, and understanding give forth her voice?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 8:1, so the Hebrew word וּ֝תְבוּנָ֗ה (utevuna) 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.8.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.1.W3.S1) and character.