Proverbs 14:7:3Prov.14.7.W3TAB

לְאִ֣ישׁ

leish

to a man

Transliteration
le-ISH
Extended
leh-EESH
IPA
/ləˈʔiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
to a man

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Result
לְ + אִ֣ישׁ
le + ish
leish

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-ISH

  2. clause

    LEKH mi-NE-ged le-ISH ke-SIL

  3. sentence

    LEKH mi-NE-ged le-ISH ke-SIL u-val-ya-DA-ta sif-TE-DA-at

Exegesis

The object lə-’îš kə-sîl {לְאִישׁ כְּסִיל | lə-’îš kə-sîl} ‘to a foolish man’ identifies the undesirable companion.

In contextProverbs 14:7

Leave the presence of a foolish man when you see there are no lips of knowledge in him.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 14:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 14:7, so the Hebrew word לְאִ֣ישׁ (leish) 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.14.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.7.W3.S1) and character.