Proverbs 11:5:4Prov.11.5.W4TAB
דַּרְכּ֑וֹ
darko
“his way”
- Transliteration
- dar-KO
- Extended
- dahr-KOH
- IPA
- /darˈkoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dar-KO
- clause
tsid-KAT ta-MIM te-yash-SER dar-KO
- sentence
tsid-KAT ta-MIM te-yash-SER dar-KO u-ve-rish-a-TO yip-POL ra-SHA
Exegesis
Its direct object darko {דַּרְכּוֹ | dar-qō} ‘his way’ carries a third person suffix, indicating whose path is directed.
In context — Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless makes his way straight, but in his wickedness the wicked will fall.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 11:5, so the Hebrew word דַּרְכּ֑וֹ (darko) 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.11.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.5.W4.S1) and character.