Proverbs 17:5:1Prov.17.5.W1TAB
לֹעֵ֣ג
loeg
“one who mocks”
- Transliteration
- lo-EG
- Extended
- loh-EHG
- IPA
- /loːˈʕeːɣ/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who mocks
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-EG
- clause
lo-EG la-RASH khe-REF o-SE-hu
- sentence
lo-EG la-RASH khe-REF o-SE-hu sa-ME-akh le-ED LO yi-NA-ke
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Qal participle loeg {לֹעֵג | lōʿēg} ‘mocking’ paired with the Qal participle sameach {שָׂמֵחַ | să-mē-aḥ} ‘rejoicing’ to create a synonymous parallelism.
Root and etymology
l-ʿ-glamed–ayin–gimel
“to mock, deride”
In context — Proverbs 17:5
Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker , and whoever rejoices in calamity will not go unpunished .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 17:5, so the Hebrew word לֹעֵ֣ג (loeg) 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.17.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.5.W1.S1) and character.