Psalm 18:26:1Ps.18.26.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:27
עִם־נָבָ֥ר
imnavar
“with the pure”
- Transliteration
- IM-NA-var
- Extended
- IHM-NAA-vaar
- IPA
- /ʕim.naˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the pure
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
IM-NA-var
- clause
IM-NA-var tit-ba-RAR
- sentence
IM-NA-var tit-ba-RAR ve-IM-IK-KESH tit-pa-TAL
Exegesis
The verse uses synonymous parallelism in the phrases im navar {עִם־נָבָ֥ר | ʿim nā-ḇār} ‘with the pure’ and ve'im ikesh {וְעִם־עִקֵּ֥שׁ | wə-ʿim ʿiq-qēš} ‘and with the crooked’.
Root and etymology
“to purify”
In context — Psalm 18:26
With the pure You show Yourself pure, and with the crooked You show Yourself twisted.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:26, so the Hebrew word עִם־נָבָ֥ר (imnavar) 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.18.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.26.W1.S1) and character.