Proverbs 13:25:1Prov.13.25.W1TAB
צַדִּ֗יק
tsadik
“a righteous one”
- Transliteration
- tsa-DIK
- Extended
- tsah-DEEK
- IPA
- /tsˁadˈdiːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- a righteous one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-DIK
- clause
tsa-DIK o-KHEL le-SO-va naf-SHO
- sentence
tsa-DIK o-KHEL le-SO-va naf-SHO u-VE-ten re-sha-IM tekh-SAR
Exegesis
The proverb employs antithetic parallelism by pairing the substantive participle tsaddiq {צַדִּיק | ṣaddîq} ‘righteous one’ with the construct phrase beten reshaʿim {בֶּטֶן רְשָׁעִים | ḇeṭen re-šāʿîm} ‘belly of the wicked’.
Root and etymology
צ־ד־ק
“to be just”
In context — Proverbs 13:25
The righteous person eats to the satisfaction of his soul , but the belly of the wicked will lack .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 13:25, so the Hebrew word צַדִּ֗יק (tsadik) 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.13.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.25.W1.S1) and character.