Proverbs 12:6:1Prov.12.6.W1TAB
דִּבְרֵ֣י
divre
“words of”
- Transliteration
- div-RE
- Extended
- dihv-REH
- IPA
- /diwˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- words of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
div-RE
- clause
div-RE re-sha-IM e-RAV-DAM
- sentence
div-RE re-sha-IM e-RAV-DAM u-FI ye-sha-RIM ya-tsi-LEM
Exegesis
The verse employs antithetical parallelism with divrei resha’im {דִּבְרֵי רְשָׁעִים | dî-v-rê rĕ-šā-ʿîm} ‘words of the wicked’ contrasted by pi yesharim {פִּי יְשָׁרִים | pî yĕ-šā-rîm} ‘mouth of the upright’.
Root and etymology
Rootd-b-r
“word, matter”
In context — Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 12:6, so the Hebrew word דִּבְרֵ֣י (divre) 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.12.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.6.W1.S1) and character.