Proverbs 8:13:1Prov.8.13.W1TAB
יִֽרְאַ֣ת
yirat
“fear of”
- Transliteration
- yir-AT
- Extended
- yih-reh-AT
- IPA
- /jirˈʔat/
Meaning by language
- English
- fear of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yir-AT
- phraseyour reading level
yir-AT ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
yir-AT ye-ho-VAH se-NOT RA ge-A ve-ga-ON ve-DE-rekh RA u-FI tah-he-pu-KHOT sa-NE-ti
Exegesis
The verse opens with a construct clause where yirat {יִרְאַת | yirʾāṯ} ‘fear of’ governs YHWH {יְהוָה | Yəhōwāh}, forming a nominal subject.
In context — Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth—I hate.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 8:13, so the Hebrew word יִֽרְאַ֣ת (yirat) 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.8.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.13.W1.S1) and character.