Proverbs 14:15:6Prov.14.15.W6TAB
לַאֲשֻׁרֽוֹ׃
laashuro
“his step or his going”
- Transliteration
- la-a-shu-RO
- Extended
- lah-ah-shuh-ROH
- IPA
- /la.ʔă.ʃuˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his step or his going
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
la-a-shu-RO
- phraseyour reading level
ya-VIN la-a-shu-RO
- clause
ve-a-RUM ya-VIN la-a-shu-RO
- sentence
PE-ti ya-a-MIN le-KHOL-da-VAR ve-a-RUM ya-VIN la-a-shu-RO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-khol dāvar {לְכָל־דָּבָר | lə-khôl dā-vâr} ‘to every word’ opposes le-ʾa-shū-rô {לַאֲשֻׁרוֹ | la-ʾă-shū-rô} ‘to his step’, marking the shift from uncritical acceptance to examined conduct.
In context — Proverbs 14:15
The simple person trusts every word, but the prudent person discerns his steps .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 14:15, so the Hebrew word לַאֲשֻׁרֽוֹ׃ (laashuro) 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.14.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.15.W6.S1) and character.