Proverbs 16:13:1Prov.16.13.W1TAB
רְצ֣וֹן
retson
“delight or favor”
- Transliteration
- re-TSO-N
- Extended
- reh-TSOHN
- IPA
- /rətˈsoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- delight or favor
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
re-TSO-N
- clause
re-TSO-N me-la-KHIM si-fe-TEI-TSE-dek
- sentence
re-TSO-N me-la-KHIM si-fe-TEI-TSE-dek ve-do-VER ye-sha-RIM ye-e-HAV
Exegesis
The construct chain retson melakhim {רְצוֹן מְלָכִים | rĕ-ṣōn mə-lā-khîm} ‘delight of kings’ links retson {רְצוֹן | rĕ-ṣōn} ‘delight’ and melakhim {מְלָכִים | mə-lā-khîm} ‘kings.’
Root and etymology
ר־צ־ןr-ṣ-n
“to delight, favor”
In context — Proverbs 16:13
Kings delight in righteous lips, and they love the one who speaks what is upright .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 16:13, so the Hebrew word רְצ֣וֹן (retson) 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.16.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.13.W1.S1) and character.