Proverbs 12:20:5Prov.12.20.W5TAB
שָׁל֣וֹם
shalom
“peace”
- Transliteration
- sha-LOM
- Extended
- shaa-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʃɔːˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- peace
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
sha-LOM sim-KHA
- 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.
Root and etymology
sh-l-msh-l-m
“peace, completeness, welfare”
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 12:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 12:20, so the Hebrew word שָׁל֣וֹם (shalom) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.20.W5.S1) and character.