Proverbs 14:19:6Prov.14.19.W6TAB
עַֽל־שַׁעֲרֵ֥י
alshaare
“at the gates of”
- Transliteration
- al-sha-a-RE
- Extended
- ahl-shah-ah-REE
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʃa.ʕăˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the gates of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
al-sha-a-RE
- phraseyour reading level
al-sha-a-RE tsa-DIK
- clause
u-re-sha-IM al-sha-a-RE tsa-DIK
- sentence
sha-KHU ra-IM lif-NE to-VIM u-re-sha-IM al-sha-a-RE tsa-DIK
Exegesis
A parallel antithetical clause follows, coordinated by the implied vav preceding ureshaim {וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים | wə-rə-šaʿ-îm} ‘wicked ones,’ with the prepositional phrase al-shaarei {עַֽל־שַׁעֲרֵ֥י | ʿal-šaʿ-arê} ‘at the gates of’ governing tsaddiq {צַדִּיק׃ | ṣad-dîq} ‘righteous one.’ This chiastic structure contrasts a reversal of status, placing the morally corrupt in subservience to the morally upright.
Root and etymology
ש־ע־ר
“gate”
In context — Proverbs 14:19
The wicked bow down before the good, and evildoers bow at the entrance of the upright .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 14:19, so the Hebrew word עַֽל־שַׁעֲרֵ֥י (alshaare) 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.14.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.19.W6.S1) and character.