Proverbs 12:24:1Prov.12.24.W1TAB
יַד־חָרוּצִ֥ים
yadkharutsim
“hand of diligent ones”
- Transliteration
- YAD-kha-ru-TSIM
- Extended
- YAAD-khaa-roo-TSIHM
- IPA
- /ˈjad.ħaː.ruːˈtsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- hand of diligent ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
YAD-kha-ru-TSIM
- clause
YAD-kha-ru-TSIM tim-SHOL
- sentence
YAD-kha-ru-TSIM tim-SHOL ve-re-mi-YA tih-ye la-MAS
Exegesis
The proverb employs antithetic parallelism by pairing the construct chain yad {יַד | yāḏ} ‘hand’ with charutzim {חָרוּצִים | ḥā-rū-ṣîm} ‘diligent’ as a metonym for industrious persons, linked to the feminine imperfect timshol {תִּמְשׁ֑וֹל | tim-šōl} agreeing in gender with yad to denote governance.
Root and etymology
y-dyod–dalet
“hand, power”
In context — Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule, but slackness will become forced labor .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 12:24, so the Hebrew word יַד־חָרוּצִ֥ים (yadkharutsim) 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.12.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.24.W1.S1) and character.