Proverbs 17:20:5Prov.17.20.W5TAB

בִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹ

bilsheno

in his tongue

Transliteration
bil-she-NO
Extended
bihl-sheh-NOH
IPA
/bil.ʃoːˈnoː/

Meaning by language

English
in his tongue

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בִּ֝לְ + שׁוֹ + נ֗וֹ
bil + she + no
bilsheno

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    bil-she-NO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-neh-PAKH bil-she-NO

  3. clause

    ve-neh-PAKH bil-she-NO yip-POL be-RA-a

  4. sentence

    i-KESH-LEV LO yim-TSA-TOB ve-neh-PAKH bil-she-NO yip-POL be-RA-a

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase bilšônô {בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ | bilšônô} ‘with-his-tongue’ specifies the instrument of misrepresentation.

In contextProverbs 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 17:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 17:20, so the Hebrew word בִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹ (bilsheno) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.20.W5.S1) and character.