Proverbs 19:2:6Prov.19.2.W6TAB

בְּרַגְלַ֣יִם

beraglayim

with {the} feet

Transliteration
be-rag-LA-yim
Extended
beh-rahg-LA-yihm
IPA
/bəraɣˈlajim/

Meaning by language

English
with {the} feet

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + רַגְ + לַ֣ + יִם
be + rag + la + yim
beraglayim

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Gimelg as in good
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-rag-LA-yim

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-rag-LA-yim kho-TE

  3. clause

    ve-ATS be-rag-LA-yim kho-TE

  4. sentence

    GAM be-LO-DA-at NE-fesh lo-TOV ve-ATS be-rag-LA-yim kho-TE

Exegesis

The second clause begins with the participial construction wə-ʼāṣ bə-raḡ-lay-yim {וְאָ֖ץ בְּרַגְלַיִם | wə-ʼāṣ bə-raḡ-lay-yim} ‘and hurries with feet’, employing the Qal participle to indicate ongoing haste, and concludes with the predicate ḥō-ṭēʾ {חוֹטֵא | ḥō-ṭēʾ} ‘sins’. This antithetic parallelism contrasts the detrimental effects of ignorance with those of rashness. In translation, the Hebrew nominal clause is rendered with an English existential structure to preserve emphasis, and the Hebrew participle is rendered in the progressive aspect to reflect continuous action.

In contextProverbs 19:2

Also, a soul without knowledge is not good , and one who is hasty with his feet sins .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 19:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 19:2, so the Hebrew word בְּרַגְלַ֣יִם (beraglayim) 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.19.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.2.W6.S1) and character.