Proverbs 15:13:4Prov.15.13.W4TAB

פָּנִ֑ים

panim

face

Transliteration
pa-NIM
Extended
paa-NEEM
IPA
/paːˈniːm/

Meaning by language

English
face

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Result
פָּ + נִ֑ים
pa + nim
panim

Alphabet Analysis

Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    pa-NIM

  2. clause

    LEV sa-ME-akh ye-TIV pa-NIM

  3. sentence

    LEV sa-ME-akh ye-TIV pa-NIM u-ve-a-tsa-ve-LEV RU-akh ne-KHE-a

Exegesis

The first clause begins with lev {לֵב | lēb} ‘heart’ and the adjectival predicate sameach {שָׂמֵחַ | sāmēaḥ} ‘joyful’, followed by the Hifil imperfect verb yeitiv {יֵיטִב | yēṭîḇ} ‘makes good’ and its object panim {פָּנִים | pānîm} ‘face’, showing a causative effect from inner feeling to outward appearance.

Root and etymology

פ־נ־ה

face, turn

In contextProverbs 15:13

A joyful heart makes the countenance cheerful, but sorrow of heart breaks the spirit .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 15:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 15:13, so the Hebrew word פָּנִ֑ים (panim) 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.15.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.13.W4.S1) and character.