Proverbs 10:11:4Prov.10.11.W4TAB
צַדִּ֑יק
tsadik
“a righteous one”
- Transliteration
- tsa-DIK
- Extended
- tsah-DEEK
- IPA
- /tsadˈdiːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- a righteous one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-DIK
- clause
me-KOR kha-YIM PI tsa-DIK
- sentence
me-KOR kha-YIM PI tsa-DIK u-FI re-sha-IM ye-kha-SE kha-MAS
Exegesis
The subject pî ṣaddîq {פִּי צַדִּיק | pî ṣaddîq} ‘mouth of the righteous’ foregrounds agency before content.
Root and etymology
צ־ד־ק
“to be just”
In context — Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 10:11, so the Hebrew word צַדִּ֑יק (tsadik) 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.10.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.11.W4.S1) and character.