Proverbs 10:7:6Prov.10.7.W6TAB
יִרְקָֽב׃
yirkav
“will rot”
- Transliteration
- yir-KAV
- Extended
- yih-rh-KAAV
- IPA
- /jirˈqaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- will rot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yir-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
re-sha-IM yir-KAV
- clause
ve-SHEM re-sha-IM yir-KAV
- sentence
ZE-kher tsa-DIK liv-ra-KHA ve-SHEM re-sha-IM yir-KAV
Exegesis
The noun resha‘im {רְשָׁעִים | rə-šā-ʿîm} ‘wicked’ is in apposition to the implied agent of yirqav {יִרְקָֽב | yir-qāv}, a Qal imperfect conveying future decay. Hebrew antithetic parallelism and the adversative conjunction are mirrored in English to preserve poetic balance and moral contrast.
In context — Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is for a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 10:7, so the Hebrew word יִרְקָֽב׃ (yirkav) 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.10.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.7.W6.S1) and character.