Proverbs 15:20:4Prov.15.20.W4TAB
וּכְסִ֥יל
ukhesil
“but a fool”
- Transliteration
- u-khe-SIL
- Extended
- oo-kheh-SEEL
- IPA
- /uχəˈsiːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- but a fool
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-khe-SIL
- phraseyour reading level
u-khe-SIL a-DAM
- clause
u-khe-SIL a-DAM bo-ZE i-MO
- sentence
BEN kha-KHAM ye-sa-ME-akh-AV u-khe-SIL a-DAM bo-ZE i-MO
Exegesis
The proverb employs synonymous parallelism by pairing ben {בֵּן | bēn} ‘son’ + chakham {חָכָם | ḥākâm} ‘wise’ against u-kesil {וּכְסִיל | wə-kəsîl} ‘and fool’ + adam {אָדָם | ʾāḏām} ‘man.’
Root and etymology
כ־ס־לk-s-l
“lacking sense”
In context — Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 15:20, so the Hebrew word וּכְסִ֥יל (ukhesil) 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.15.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.20.W4.S1) and character.