Hosea 14:9:10Hos.14.9.W10TABWLC Hosea 14:10

וְצַדִּיקִים֙

vetsadikim

and righteous ones

Transliteration
ve-tsa-di-KIM
Extended
veh-tsah-dih-KEEM
IPA
/vɛt͡sa.ðːiˈqiːm/

Meaning by language

English
and righteous ones

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Result
וְ + צַ + דִּי + קִים֙
ve + tsa + di + kim
vetsadikim

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-tsa-di-KIM

  2. clause

    KI-ye-sha-RIM dar-KHE ye-ho-VAH ve-tsa-di-KIM yel-KHU VAM u-fo-she-IM yi-kka-she-LU BAM

  3. sentence

    MI kha-KHAM ve-ya-VEN E-le na-VON ve-ye-da-EM KI-ye-sha-RIM dar-KHE ye-ho-VAH ve-tsa-di-KIM yel-KHU VAM u-fo-she-IM yi-kka-she-LU BAM

Exegesis

Two parallel clauses then contrast outcomes: ve-tsaddikim yelekhu bam {וְצַדִּיקִ֖ים יֵלְכ֣וּ בָ֑ם | wə-ṣad-dî-qîm yēl-ḵū bām} portrays the righteous as successfully “walking” within those ways, while uposhe'im yikkashelu bam {וּפֹֽשְׁעִ֖ים יִכָּשְׁל֥וּ בָֽם | ū-pō-šə-ʿîm yi-kā-šə-lū bām} sets the transgressors in ironic reversal: the same “ways” become the arena of their stumbling.

Root and etymology

tsade-dalet-qoftsade–dalet–qof

be just, be righteous

In contextHosea 14:9

Who is wise? Let him understand these things . Who is discerning? Let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are upright; and the righteous will walk in them, but transgressors will stumble in them.

About this coordinate

Hosea 14:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Hosea 14:9, so the Hebrew word וְצַדִּיקִים֙ (vetsadikim) 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 Hos.14.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.9.W10.S1) and character.