Proverbs 12:25:1Prov.12.25.W1TAB
דְּאָגָ֣ה
deaga
“anxiety or worry”
- Transliteration
- de-a-GA
- Extended
- deh-ah-GAA
- IPA
- /d(ː)ə.ʔaːˈɡaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- anxiety or worry
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
de-a-GA
- clause
de-a-GA be-LEV-Ish ya-she-KHE-na
- sentence
de-a-GA be-LEV-Ish ya-she-KHE-na ve-da-VAR TOV ye-sa-me-KHE-na
Exegesis
The verse begins with de'agah {דְּאָגָה | dāʾāgāh} ‘anxiety’ in construct with belev {בְּלֶב־ | bə-lev} ‘in heart’ and ish {אִישׁ | īš} ‘man’, placing emotional strain at the core of the person.
Root and etymology
Rootd-ʾ-g
“to be anxious, to worry”
In context — Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety in the heart of a man causes it to sink, but a good word makes it rejoice.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 12:25, so the Hebrew word דְּאָגָ֣ה (deaga) 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.12.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.25.W1.S1) and character.