Proverbs 16:18:4Prov.16.18.W4TAB
כִ֝שָּׁל֗וֹן
khishshalon
“stumbling or downfall”
- Transliteration
- khish-SHA-lon
- Extended
- khihsh-SHAA-lohn
- IPA
- /χiʃːaːˈloːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- stumbling or downfall
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
khish-SHA-lon
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lif-NE khish-SHA-lon
- clause
ve-lif-NE khish-SHA-lon GO-va RU-akh
- sentence
lif-NE-she-VER ga-ON ve-lif-NE khish-SHA-lon GO-va RU-akh
Exegesis
In the first clause, gaon {גָּאוֹן | gā·ʾōn} ‘pride’ precedes shever {שֶׁבֶר | šĕber} ‘destruction’; in the second clause, govah ruach {גֹּבַהּ רוּחַ | gō·bāh rū·aḥ} ‘haughty spirit’ precedes kishalon {כִּשָּׁלוֹן | kiššālôn} ‘fall’. This parallel structure underscores the causal relationship between arrogance and its undoing. The formal rendering preserves the Hebrew ordering with “comes before,” while the dynamic uses “leads to” to convey inevitable consequence in contemporary English.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf–shin–lamed
“to stumble, fail”
In context — Proverbs 16:18
Pride comes before destruction, and a haughty spirit comes before a fall.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 16:18, so the Hebrew word כִ֝שָּׁל֗וֹן (khishshalon) 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.16.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.18.W4.S1) and character.