Proverbs 16:15:1Prov.16.15.W1TAB
בְּאוֹר־פְּנֵי־מֶ֥לֶךְ
beorpenemelekh
“in the light of the face of a king”
- Transliteration
- be-OR-pe-NE-me-LEKH
- Extended
- beh-OHR-peh-NEE-meh-LEHkh
- IPA
- /bəˈʔoːr.pəˈneː.mɛˈlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the light of the face of a king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-OR-pe-NE-me-LEKH
- clause
be-OR-pe-NE-me-LEKH kha-YIM
- sentence
be-OR-pe-NE-me-LEKH kha-YIM u-re-tso-NO ke-AV mal-KOSH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the construct chain be'or {בְּאוֹר | bə-ʾôr} ‘in the light’ linked to penei {פְּנֵי | pə-nê} ‘face of’, forming a locative-possessive phrase.
Melekh {מֶ֥לֶךְ | me-lekh} ‘king’ specifies the possessor.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–vav–resh
“light”
In context — Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king’s face there is life, and his favor is like a cloud of late rain .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 16:15, so the Hebrew word בְּאוֹר־פְּנֵי־מֶ֥לֶךְ (beorpenemelekh) 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.16.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.15.W1.S1) and character.