Proverbs 13:16:1Prov.13.16.W1TAB
כָּל־עָ֭רוּם
kalarum
“every prudent one or shrewd one”
- Transliteration
- KAL-a-RUM
- Extended
- KAAL-ah-ROOM
- IPA
- /kɔl.ʕaˈruːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- every prudent one or shrewd one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KAL-a-RUM
- clause
KAL-a-RUM ya-a-SE ve-DA-at
- sentence
KAL-a-RUM ya-a-SE ve-DA-at u-khe-SIL yif-rosh i-ve-LET
Exegesis
The proverb employs antithetic parallelism, beginning with the generalizing kol-‘arum {כָּל־עָ֭רוּם | qōl-ʿārûm} ‘every prudent’, followed by the imperfect verb ya'aseh {יַעֲשֶׂה | yaʿă·śéh} indicating habitual action.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–resh–mem
“to be shrewd”
In context — Proverbs 13:16
Every prudent person acts with knowledge , but a fool lays open folly .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 13:16, so the Hebrew word כָּל־עָ֭רוּם (kalarum) 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.13.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.16.W1.S1) and character.