אָ֭דָם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אָ֭דָם

   a-DAM

   of a human or a man
2. clause🔊 שֵׂ֣כֶל אָ֭דָם הֶאֱרִ֣יךְ אַפּ֑וֹ

   SE-khel a-DAM he-e-RIKH a-PO

   insight or good sense of a human or a man makes long or prolongs his anger or his nose
3. sentence🔊 שֵׂ֣כֶל אָ֭דָם הֶאֱרִ֣יךְ אַפּ֑וֹ וְ֝תִפאַרְתּ֗וֹ עֲבֹ֣ר עַל־פָּֽשַׁע׃

   SE-khel a-DAM he-e-RIKH a-PO ve-tif-ar-TO a-VOR al-PA-sha

   insight or good sense of a human or a man makes long or prolongs his anger or his nose and his glory or his honor to pass over over transgression or offense

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.