Proverbs 15:22:6Prov.15.22.W6TAB
יוֹעֲצִ֣ים
yoatsim
“advisers”
- Transliteration
- yo-a-TSIM
- Extended
- yoh-ah-TSEEM
- IPA
- /joː.ʕaˈtsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- advisers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
yo-a-TSIM
- phraseyour reading level
yo-a-TSIM ta-KUM
- clause
u-ve-ROV yo-a-TSIM ta-KUM
- sentence
ha-FER ma-kha-sha-VOT be-EN SOD u-ve-ROV yo-a-TSIM ta-KUM
Exegesis
The negative condition be’en sod {בְּאֵ֣ין ס֑וֹד | bə-ʾēn sōḏ} ‘in the absence of counsel’ is antithetically paired with the phrase uverov yoatzim {וּבְרֹ֖ב יוֹעֲצִ֣ים | û-bə-rôḇ yō-ʿā-ṣîm} ‘in the abundance of counselors’.
Root and etymology
y-ʿ-ṣyod–ayin–tsadi
“to counsel, advise”
In context — Proverbs 15:22
Plans are frustrated when there is no counsel , but in the multitude of counselors they are established .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 15:22, so the Hebrew word יוֹעֲצִ֣ים (yoatsim) 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.15.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.22.W6.S1) and character.