Proverbs 17:21:5Prov.17.21.W5TAB
וְלֹֽא־יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח
veloyismeakh
“and not he rejoices”
- Transliteration
- ve-lo-yis-me-AKH
- Extended
- veh-loh-yihs-meh-AKH
- IPA
- /vəlɔː.jisˈmaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not he rejoices
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-lo-yis-me-AKH
- clause
ve-lo-yis-me-AKH a-VI na-VAL
- sentence
yo-LED ke-SIL le-tu-GA LO ve-lo-yis-me-AKH a-VI na-VAL
Exegesis
The vav-conjunction velo {וְלֹא־ | wə-lōʾ} introduces the parallel clause yismach avi naval {יִשְׂמַ֗ח אֲבִ֣י נָבָֽל | yiś-mă-ḥ ʾă-vî nā-wāl}, preserving the Hebrew antithetic parallelism. The construct chain avi naval links parent to child. In English, the participial clause is rendered with a finite subject to satisfy English SVO requirements, and the parallel structure is maintained for rhetorical impact.
Root and etymology
s-m-ḥshin–mem–ḥet
“to rejoice”
In context — Proverbs 17:21
He who begets a fool brings grief upon himself; and the father of a senseless one will find no joy .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 17:21, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח (veloyismeakh) 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.17.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.21.W5.S1) and character.