Proverbs 10:13:7Prov.10.13.W7TAB
חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃
khasarlev
“one lacking heart or sense”
- Transliteration
- kha-sar-LEV
- Extended
- khah-sahr-LEEV
- IPA
- /ħăsarˈleːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- one lacking heart or sense
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-sar-LEV
- phraseyour reading level
le-GEV kha-sar-LEV
- clause
ve-SHE-vet le-GEV kha-sar-LEV
- sentence
be-sif-TE na-VON tim-ma-TSE khokh-MA ve-SHE-vet le-GEV kha-sar-LEV
Exegesis
The phrase legev {לְגֵ֣ו | lə-ḡēv} ‘to the back’ specifies the locus of discipline, and the construct khasarlev {חֲסַר־לֵֽב | ḥă-sar-lēv} ‘lacking heart’ identifies the recipient as devoid of understanding. This parallelism underscores that insight yields wisdom while its absence invites corrective discipline.
Root and etymology
l-b-blamed–bet–beth
“heart, inner self”
In context — Proverbs 10:13
On the lips of the discerning, wisdom will be found, but a rod is for the back of one lacking sense.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 10:13, so the Hebrew word חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃ (khasarlev) 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.10.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.13.W7.S1) and character.