Proverbs 9:16:4Prov.9.16.W4TAB
וַחֲסַר־לֵ֝֗ב
vakhasarlev
“and one lacking of heart”
- Transliteration
- va-kha-SAR-LEV
- Extended
- vah-khah-SAR-LEEV
- IPA
- /wa.ħăˈsar.leːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and one lacking of heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-kha-SAR-LEV
- clause
va-kha-SAR-LEV ve-am-RA LO
- sentence
mi-PE-ti ya-SUR HEN-na va-kha-SAR-LEV ve-am-RA LO
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive participle va-chasar {וַחֲסַר | wə-ḥa-sār} ‘and lacking’ parallels the prior address, leading to lev {לֵב | lêv} ‘heart’ as a metaphor for understanding.
Root and etymology
Rootl-b-b
“heart, inner self”
In context — Proverbs 9:16
Whoever is simple , turn aside here! And she says to him who lacks heart .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 9:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 9:16, so the Hebrew word וַחֲסַר־לֵ֝֗ב (vakhasarlev) 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.9.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.9.16.W4.S1) and character.