Proverbs 17:12:5Prov.17.12.W5TAB
וְאַל־כְּ֝סִ֗יל
vealkesil
“and not a fool”
- Transliteration
- ve-AL-ke-SIL
- Extended
- veh-AHL-keh-SEEL
- IPA
- /wəʔal.kəˈsiːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not a fool
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ve-AL-ke-SIL
- clause
ve-AL-ke-SIL be-i-val-TO
- sentence
pa-GOSH DOV sha-KUL be-ISH ve-AL-ke-SIL be-i-val-TO
Exegesis
The adversative conjunction wə-ʾal {וְאַל־ | wə-ʾal} ‘but not’ introduces antithetical parallelism, juxtaposing kəsîl {כְּ֝סִ֗יל | kəsîl} ‘fool’ with the phrase be-ʾivvaltô {בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ | be-ʾivvaltô} ‘in his folly.’ This structure underscores that moral folly can be more perilous than physical danger.
Root and etymology
k-s-lkaf–samekh–lamed
“to be dull, lack sense”
In context — Proverbs 17:12
Let a bear bereaved of her cubs meet a man, but not a fool in his folly.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 17:12, so the Hebrew word וְאַל־כְּ֝סִ֗יל (vealkesil) 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.17.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.12.W5.S1) and character.