Proverbs 12:11:6Prov.12.11.W6TAB
חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃
khasarlev
“lacking heart or lacking sense”
- Transliteration
- kha-SAR-LEV
- Extended
- khah-SAR-LEEV
- IPA
- /ħă.sar.ˈleːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- lacking heart or lacking 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
re-KIM kha-SAR-LEV
- clause
u-me-rad-DEF re-KIM kha-SAR-LEV
- sentence
O-ved ad-ma-TO yis-be-A-la-khem u-me-rad-DEF re-KIM kha-SAR-LEV
Exegesis
In contrast, the adversative particle and participle umeraddef {וּמְרַדֵּף | ū-mə-raḏ-déḏ} ‘but one who pursues’ with the direct object reqim {רֵיקִים | rē-qîm} ‘empty things’ shifts focus to futile efforts, culminating in chasar-lev {חֲסַר־לֵב | ḥă-sār-lēḇ} ‘lacking heart’, where lev {לֵב | lēḇ} metaphorically denotes understanding. This parallel structure and use of construct chains accentuate the moral contrast between productive and futile activity.
Root and etymology
ח־ס־ר
“to lack, be without”
In context — Proverbs 12:11
The one who works his land will be satisfied with bread, but whoever pursues empty things is lacking heart.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 12:11, 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.12.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.11.W6.S1) and character.