Proverbs 14:16:5Prov.14.16.W5TAB
וּ֝כְסִ֗יל
ukhesil
“but a fool”
- Transliteration
- u-khe-SIL
- Extended
- oo-kheh-SEEL
- IPA
- /uχəˈsiːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- but a fool
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-khe-SIL
- clause
u-khe-SIL mit-e-AB-ber u-vo-TE-akh
- sentence
kha-KHAM ya-RE ve-SAR me-RA u-khe-SIL mit-e-AB-ber u-vo-TE-akh
Exegesis
An adversative vav signals contrast with kesil {כְסִיל | kə-sîl} ‘fool’, leading into the participles mitabber {מִתְעַבֵּר | mit-ʿab-bēr} ‘becomes enraged’ and voteach {וּבוֹטֵחַ | wə-vo-tē-aḥ} ‘is confident’. This chiastic structure contrasts reverent caution leading to avoidance of harm with rash anger leading to false security.
Root and etymology
“foolish one”
In context — Proverbs 14:16
A wise person fears and turns away from evil, but the fool boils over and is confident.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 14:16, so the Hebrew word וּ֝כְסִ֗יל (ukhesil) 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.14.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.16.W5.S1) and character.