Proverbs 1:22:4Prov.1.22.W4TAB
וְלֵצִ֗ים
veletsim
“and scoffers”
- Transliteration
- ve-le-TSIM
- Extended
- veh-lee-TSEEM
- IPA
- /vəlɛːˈtsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and scoffers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-le-TSIM
- phraseyour reading level
te-e-ha-VU-pe-TI ve-le-TSIM
- clause
ad-ma-TAI pe-ta-YIM te-e-ha-VU-pe-TI ve-le-TSIM la-TSON kham-de-VU la-HEM
- sentence
ad-ma-TAI pe-ta-YIM te-e-ha-VU-pe-TI ve-le-TSIM la-TSON kham-de-VU la-HEM u-khe-si-LIM yis-ne-U-da-AT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the interrogative ad-matai {עַד־מָתַי | ʿad-maṯay} ‘until when’, introducing three successive direct addresses to petayim {פְּתָיִם | pəṯāyim} ‘simple ones’, letsim {וְלֵצִים | wəleṣîm} ‘scoffers’, and kesîlîm {וּכְסִילִים | ukesîlîm} ‘fools’.
In context — Proverbs 1:22
“How long, you simple ones , will you love simplicity? And scoffers, how long will you desire mockery for yourselves? And how long will fools hate knowledge ?”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 1:22, so the Hebrew word וְלֵצִ֗ים (veletsim) 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.1.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.22.W4.S1) and character.