Proverbs 12:13:7Prov.12.13.W7TAB
צַדִּֽיק׃
tsaddik
“a righteous one”
- Transliteration
- tsad-DIK
- Extended
- tsahd-DEEK
- IPA
- /tsadˈdiːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- a righteous one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
tsad-DIK
- phraseyour reading level
mits-tsa-RA tsad-DIK
- clause
va-ye-TSI mits-tsa-RA tsad-DIK
- sentence
be-FE-sha se-fa-TA-yim mo-KESH RA va-ye-TSI mits-tsa-RA tsad-DIK
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive in vayetse {וַיֵּצֵ֖א | way-yê-ṣēʾ} ‘and he goes out’ shifts to deliverance, introducing tsaddiq {צַדִּֽיק | ṣaddîq} ‘righteous one’, with mitzarah {מִצָּרָ֣ה | mits-zā-rāh} ‘from distress’ indicating source. This chiasm contrasts entrapment by speech with escape from adversity, and the adversative ‘but’ in English preserves the pivot while verb-first order in the second clause emphasizes deliverance.
Root and etymology
ṣ-d-qtsade–dalet–qof
“to be just, righteous”
In context — Proverbs 12:13
In the transgression of lips there is a snare for the wicked, but a righteous one will go out of distress.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 12:13, so the Hebrew word צַדִּֽיק׃ (tsaddik) 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.12.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.13.W7.S1) and character.