Proverbs 14:6:1Prov.14.6.W1TAB
בִּקֶּשׁ־לֵ֣ץ
bikkeshlets
“he sought a scoffer”
- Transliteration
- bik-KESH-LETS
- Extended
- bihk-KESH-LEETS
- IPA
- /biqˈqeːʃ.leːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- he sought a scoffer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bik-KESH-LETS
- clause
bik-KESH-LETS khokh-MA va-A-yin
- sentence
bik-KESH-LETS khokh-MA va-A-yin ve-DA-at le-na-VON na-KAL
Exegesis
The first clause begins with bikesh {בִּקֶּשׁ | biqqēš} ‘he sought’ in the Piel perfect, followed by the direct object marker and noun letz {לֵץ | lēṣ} ‘scoffer’ governing chokhmah {חָכְמָה | ḥāḵ-māh} ‘wisdom’.
Root and etymology
l-ṣlamad–tsade
“to mock”
In context — Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer searches for wisdom and does not find it, but to the discerning knowledge is easy .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 14:6, so the Hebrew word בִּקֶּשׁ־לֵ֣ץ (bikkeshlets) 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.14.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.6.W1.S1) and character.