Proverbs 19:11:1Prov.19.11.W1TAB
שֵׂ֣כֶל
sekhel
“insight or good sense”
- Transliteration
- SE-khel
- Extended
- SEE-khehl
- IPA
- /ˈseː.xɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- insight or good sense
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SE-khel
- clause
SE-khel a-DAM he-e-RIKH a-PO
- sentence
SE-khel a-DAM he-e-RIKH a-PO ve-tif-ar-TO a-VOR al-PA-sha
Exegesis
The verse opens with the noun sekhel {שֵׂ֣כֶל | śē·ḵel} ‘discretion’ in construct relation with adam {אָדָם | ʾā·ḏām} ‘man’, forming the possessed subject of the first clause.
Root and etymology
š-k-lshin–kaf–lamed
“to have insight”
In context — Proverbs 19:11
The discretion of a man prolongs his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 19:11, so the Hebrew word שֵׂ֣כֶל (sekhel) 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.19.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.11.W1.S1) and character.