Proverbs 8:18:1Prov.8.18.W1TAB
עֹֽשֶׁר־וְכָב֥וֹד
oshervekhavod
“riches and honor”
- Transliteration
- O-sher-ve-kha-VOD
- Extended
- OH-shehr-veh-khaa-VOHD
- IPA
- /ˈʕoː.ʃɛr.vəχaˈvoːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- riches and honor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
O-sher-ve-kha-VOD
- clause
O-sher-ve-kha-VOD i-TI
- sentence
O-sher-ve-kha-VOD i-TI HON a-TEK u-tse-da-KA
Exegesis
The Hebrew text opens with osher ve-kavod itti, where osher {עֹֽשֶׁר | ʿō-šer} ‘riches’ and kavod {כָב֥וֹד | kā-vōḏ} ‘honor’ precede the prepositional phrase itti {אִתִּ֑י | ʾit-tî} ‘with me’ to emphasize Wisdom’s possession.
Root and etymology
ʿ-sh-rʿ-sh-r
“to be rich, prosper”
In context — Proverbs 8:18
Riches and honor are with me; enduring wealth and righteousness .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 8:18, so the Hebrew word עֹֽשֶׁר־וְכָב֥וֹד (oshervekhavod) 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.8.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.18.W1.S1) and character.