Proverbs 19:3:4Prov.19.3.W4TAB
דַּרְכּ֑וֹ
darko
“his way”
- Transliteration
- dar-KO
- Extended
- dahr-KOH
- IPA
- /darˈkoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dar-KO
- clause
i-VE-let a-DAM te-sal-LEF dar-KO
- sentence
i-VE-let a-DAM te-sal-LEF dar-KO ve-AL-ye-ho-VAH yiz-AF li-BO
Exegesis
It opens with ivvelet {אִוֶּ֣לֶת | ʾivveleṯ} ‘folly’ as the subject of the Piel imperfect verb tesallep {תְּסַלֵּף | təsallēp} ‘perverts’, with darko {דַּרְכּוֹ | ḏaṟkô} ‘his way’ as object.
Root and etymology
RootDalet–Resh–Kaph
“path, way”
In context — Proverbs 19:3
The folly of a man perverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 19:3, so the Hebrew word דַּרְכּ֑וֹ (darko) 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.19.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.3.W4.S1) and character.