Proverbs 14:19:7Prov.14.19.W7TAB

צַדִּֽיק׃

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

Result
צַ + דִּֽיק׃
tsa + dik
tsadik

Alphabet Analysis

Tsadets as in cats
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qofq — deep k, uvular

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Word in context

  1. word

    tsa-DIK

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-sha-a-RE tsa-DIK

  3. clause

    u-re-sha-IM al-sha-a-RE tsa-DIK

  4. 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

צ־ד־ק

just, righteous

In contextProverbs 14:19

The wicked bow down before the good, and evildoers bow at the entrance of the upright .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 14:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 14:19, so the Hebrew word צַדִּֽיק׃ (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.14.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.19.W7.S1) and character.