Proverbs 16:2:1Prov.16.2.W1TAB
כָּֽל־דַּרְכֵי־אִ֭ישׁ
kaldarkheiish
“all the ways of a man”
- Transliteration
- KAL-dar-KHE-i-ISH
- Extended
- KAAL-dar-KHEE-ee-ISH
- IPA
- /kɔl.darˈxeː.ʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the ways of a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KAL-dar-KHE-i-ISH
- clause
KAL-dar-KHE-i-ISH ZAKH be-ei-NAV
- sentence
KAL-dar-KHE-i-ISH ZAKH be-ei-NAV ve-to-KHEN ru-KHOT ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
kol darkhei ish {כָּֽל־דַּרְכֵי־אִ֭ישׁ | kāl-darḵēy-ʾîš} ‘all the ways of a man’ functions as a construct phrase indicating total human conduct.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ y š
“man, individual”
In context — Proverbs 16:2
Every path of a man looks clean to him, but the LORD weighs the spirits .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 16:2, so the Hebrew word כָּֽל־דַּרְכֵי־אִ֭ישׁ (kaldarkheiish) 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.16.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.2.W1.S1) and character.