Proverbs 8:13:7Prov.8.13.W7TAB
וְדֶ֣רֶךְ
vederekh
“and way of”
- Transliteration
- ve-DE-rekh
- Extended
- veh-DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /vədɛˈrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and way of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ga-ON ve-DE-rekh RA u-FI tah-he-pu-KHOT sa-NE-ti
- 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 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 8:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 8:13, so the Hebrew word וְדֶ֣רֶךְ (vederekh) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.13.W7.S1) and character.