Proverbs 10:15:6Prov.10.15.W6TAB
דַּלִּ֣ים
dalim
“the poor”
- Transliteration
- da-LIM
- Extended
- dah-LEEM
- IPA
- /dalˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the poor
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Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
da-LIM
- phraseyour reading level
da-LIM REI-sham
- clause
me-khi-TAT da-LIM REI-sham
- sentence
HON A-SHIR kir-YAT U-ZO me-khi-TAT da-LIM REI-sham
Exegesis
Antithetic parallelism emerges in the second clause, where mechittat {מְחִתַּת | mə-ḥî-ttaṯ} ‘destruction of’ and dalim {דַּלִּים | dā-lîm} ‘the poor’ enter a construct relation, with reisham {רֵישָׁם | rē-šām} ‘their poverty’ as a pronominal suffix, linking lack to ruin. The English rendering mirrors these construct states with possessive phrases and uses ‘but’ to signal contrast.
In context — Proverbs 10:15
The wealth of the rich is a fortified city , but the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 10:15, so the Hebrew word דַּלִּ֣ים (dalim) 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.10.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.15.W6.S1) and character.