Proverbs 12:20:4Prov.12.20.W4TAB
וּֽלְיֹעֲצֵ֖י
uleyoatsei
“but to the counselors of”
- Transliteration
- u-le-yo-a-TSEI
- Extended
- oo-leh-yoh-ah-tsee
- IPA
- /uːləjo.ʕăt͡sˈeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but to the counselors of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-yo-a-TSEI
- clause
u-le-yo-a-TSEI sha-LOM sim-KHA
- sentence
mir-me-MA be-LEV-kho-re-SHEI RA u-le-yo-a-TSEI sha-LOM sim-KHA
Exegesis
The conjunction and preposition in u-lə-yo‛aṣ-ê {וּלְיֹעֲצֵי | ū-lə-yo‛aṣ-ê} ‘and to counselors’ marks a shift to the parallel positive clause, where šālôm {שָׁלוֹם | šā-lôm} ‘peace’ is the object of the participial counselors and simḥāh {שִׂמְחָה | sim-ḥāh} ‘joy’ concludes the verse, placed at the end to convey its prominence in the positive contrast.
In context — Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but to the counselors of peace there is joy.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 12:20, so the Hebrew word וּֽלְיֹעֲצֵ֖י (uleyoatsei) 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.12.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.20.W4.S1) and character.