Proverbs 8:13:6Prov.8.13.W6TAB

וְגָא֨וֹן

vegaon

and arrogance

Transliteration
ve-ga-ON
Extended
veh-gaa-OHN
IPA
/vəɡaːˈʔoːn/

Meaning by language

English
and arrogance

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + גָא֨ + וֹן
ve + ga + on
vegaon

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ga-ON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ga-ON ve-DE-rekh RA u-FI tah-he-pu-KHOT sa-NE-ti

  3. 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.

In contextProverbs 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 8:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 8:13, so the Hebrew word וְגָא֨וֹן (vegaon) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.13.W6.S1) and character.