Proverbs 8:13:5Prov.8.13.W5TAB
גֵּ֘אָ֤ה
gea
“pride”
- Transliteration
- ge-A
- Extended
- geh-EH-ah
- IPA
- /ɡeːˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- pride
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-A
- phraseyour reading level
se-NOT RA ge-A
- 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
A paratactic series geʾāh {גֵּאָה | geʾāh} ‘pride’, vəgaʾôn {וְגָאוֹן | vəgaʾôn} ‘arrogance’, vəderex {וְדֶרֶךְ | və-derex} ‘and evil way’, ūp̄î teḥāp̄ūkōt {וּפִי תַהְפֻּכוֹת | ūp̄î teḥāp̄ūkōt} ‘and mouth of perversions’ employs polysyndeton to accumulate vices.
Root and etymology
ג־א־ה
“to rise up, be proud”
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 8:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 8:13, so the Hebrew word גֵּ֘אָ֤ה (gea) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.13.W5.S1) and character.