Proverbs 1:22:5Prov.1.22.W5TAB
לָ֭צוֹן
latson
“mocking”
- Transliteration
- la-TSON
- Extended
- laa-TSOHN
- IPA
- /laːˈtsoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- mocking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-TSON
- phraseyour reading level
la-TSON kham-de-VU la-HEM
- 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
Each clause links a verb expressing preference—love (Qal imperfect teʾehavū), have desired (Qal perfect ḥāmaḏû), and hate (Qal imperfect yisnᵉʾû)—to its object: simplicity (petî {פֶתִי | peṯî}), mockery (lāṣôn {לָצוֹן | lāṣôn}), and knowledge (daʿāṯ {דָעַת | daʿāṯ}). The second clause features a verb–subject inversion for emphasis, while the third clause maintains the interrogative pattern by repeating the interrogative marker. This tripartite parallelism intensifies the rebuke, and the English retains the confrontational tone across all three questions.
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 1:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 1:22, so the Hebrew word לָ֭צוֹן (latson) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.22.W5.S1) and character.