Psalm 15:4:1Ps.15.4.W1TAB
נִבְזֶ֤ה
nivze
“despised”
- Transliteration
- niv-ZE
- Extended
- nihv-ZEH
- IPA
- /nivˈzɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- despised
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
niv-ZE
- phraseyour reading level
niv-ZE be-EI-nav
- clause
niv-ZE be-EI-nav nim-AS ve-ET-yir-EI ye-ho-VAH ye-khab-BED
- sentence
niv-ZE be-EI-nav nim-AS ve-ET-yir-EI ye-ho-VAH ye-khab-BED nish-BA le-ha-RA ve-LO ya-MIR
Exegesis
The Hebrew verse employs a merism with parallel Niphal participles nivzeh {נִבְזֶ֤ה | nivzeh} ‘despised’ and nimas {נִמְאָ֗ס | nimʾās} ‘rejected’, intensifying moral condemnation.
Root and etymology
b-z-hbet–zayin–heh
“to despise”
In context — Psalm 15:4
In whose eyes a vile person is despised , but he honors those who fear the LORD ; he swears to his own harm and does not change.
About this coordinate
Psalm 15:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 15:4, so the Hebrew word נִבְזֶ֤ה (nivze) 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 Ps.15.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.15.4.W1.S1) and character.