Proverbs 15:23:1Prov.15.23.W1TAB
שִׂמְחָ֣ה
simkha
“joy”
- Transliteration
- sim-KHA
- Extended
- sihm-KHAA
- IPA
- /simˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- joy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sim-KHA
- clause
sim-KHA la-ISH be-ma-a-NE-fi-V
- sentence
sim-KHA la-ISH be-ma-a-NE-fi-V ve-da-VAR be-i-TO ma-TOV
Exegesis
The verse is structured as a two-part synonymous parallelism, with simchah {שִׂמְחָה | śim-ḥāh} ‘joy’ as the subject of the first clause, followed by the indirect object la’ish {לָאִישׁ | lā-ʾīš} ‘to a man’ and the instrumental-prepositional phrase bema’aneh-piv {בְּמַעֲנֵה־פִיו | bə-ma-ʿa-nê-pîw} ‘in the answer of his mouth’.
Root and etymology
s-m-ḥshin–mem–chet
“to rejoice”
In context — Proverbs 15:23
Joy comes to a man by the answer of his mouth, and a word in its time , how good it is!
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 15:23, so the Hebrew word שִׂמְחָ֣ה (simkha) 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.15.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.23.W1.S1) and character.