Proverbs 17:20:1Prov.17.20.W1TAB
עִקֶּשׁ־לֵ֭ב
ikeshlev
“crooked of heart”
- Transliteration
- i-KESH-LEV
- Extended
- ih-KESH-LEEV
- IPA
- /ʕiqˈqɛʃ.leːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- crooked of heart
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| 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
i-KESH-LEV
- clause
i-KESH-LEV LO yim-TSA-TOB
- sentence
i-KESH-LEV LO yim-TSA-TOB ve-neh-PAKH bil-she-NO yip-POL be-RA-a
Exegesis
The verse begins with the adjective-noun construct iqesh-lev {עִקֶּשׁ־לֵב | ʿîqēš-lēv} ‘twisted-of-heart’, indicating internal moral distortion.
Root and etymology
ʿ-q-šayn–qoph–shin
“to twist”
In context — Proverbs 17:20
One who is twisted-of-heart will not find good, and one who is perverse in his tongue will fall into evil .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 17:20, so the Hebrew word עִקֶּשׁ־לֵ֭ב (ikeshlev) 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.17.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.20.W1.S1) and character.