Proverbs 17:18:2Prov.17.18.W2TAB
חֲסַר־לֵ֭ב
khasarlev
“lacking of heart”
- Transliteration
- kha-SAR-LEV
- Extended
- khah-SAR-LEEV
- IPA
- /ħăˈsar.leːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- lacking of heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-SAR-LEV
- clause
a-DAM kha-SAR-LEV to-KE-a KAF
- sentence
a-DAM kha-SAR-LEV to-KE-a KAF o-REV a-ru-BA lif-NE re-E-hu
Exegesis
The proverb opens with the subject adam khasar-lev {אָדָם חֲסַר־לֵב | ʾā-dām ḥă-sar lêv} ‘man lacking heart’, where a Qal active participle and a noun in construct express absence of inner discernment.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–bet–bet
“heart, mind”
In context — Proverbs 17:18
A man lacking sense strikes hands and becomes a pledge before his friend.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 17:18, so the Hebrew word חֲסַר־לֵ֭ב (khasarlev) 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.17.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.18.W2.S1) and character.