Proverbs 16:9:7Prov.16.9.W7TAB
צַעֲדֽוֹ׃
tsaado
“his step or his steps”
- Transliteration
- tsa-a-DO
- Extended
- tsah-ah-DOH
- IPA
- /tsa.ʕăˈdoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his step or his steps
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsa-a-DO
- phraseyour reading level
ya-KHIN tsa-a-DO
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH ya-KHIN tsa-a-DO
- sentence
LEV a-DAM ye-kha-SHEV dar-KO va-ye-ho-VAH ya-KHIN tsa-a-DO
Exegesis
The hiphil imperfect yāḵin {יָכִין | yāḵin} “establishes” expresses divine causation regarding tza’ado {צַעֲדוֹ | ṣaʿăḏō} “his steps.” The contrast between human planning and divine sovereignty is marked by the conjunction and the Hebrew parallelism.
Root and etymology
ts-ʿ-dts-ʿ-d
“step, stride”
In context — Proverbs 16:9
The heart of a man plans his way, but the LORD makes his steps firm.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 16:9, so the Hebrew word צַעֲדֽוֹ׃ (tsaado) 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.16.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.9.W7.S1) and character.