Proverbs 17:5:2Prov.17.5.W2TAB

לָ֭רָשׁ

larash

at the poor

Transliteration
la-RASH
Extended
laa-RASH
IPA
/laːˈraːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
at the poor

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Result
לָ֭ + רָשׁ
la + rash
larash

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-RASH

  2. clause

    lo-EG la-RASH khe-REF o-SE-hu

  3. sentence

    lo-EG la-RASH khe-REF o-SE-hu sa-ME-akh le-ED LO yi-NA-ke

Exegesis

The prepositional phrases larash {לָרָשׁ | lā-rāš} ‘at the poor’ and le’eid {לְאֵיד | lə-’êḏ} ‘at calamity’ introduce the targets of scorn and delight.

In contextProverbs 17:5

Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker , and whoever rejoices in calamity will not go unpunished .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 17:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 17:5, so the Hebrew word לָ֭רָשׁ (larash) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.5.W2.S1) and character.