Proverbs 2:15:4Prov.2.15.W4TAB
וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗ים
unelozim
“and devious”
- Transliteration
- u-ne-lo-ZIM
- Extended
- oo-neh-loh-ZEEM
- IPA
- /uː.nəloːˈziːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and devious
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-ne-lo-ZIM
- clause
u-ne-lo-ZIM be-ma-ge-lo-TAM
- sentence
a-SHER or-kho-te-HEM i-ke-SHIM u-ne-lo-ZIM be-ma-ge-lo-TAM
Exegesis
A vav-conjunction plus the Nifal participle ūnəlōzîm {וּנְלוֹזִים | ūnəlōzîm} ‘and are devious’ forms a parallel secondary predicate.
Root and etymology
ל־ו־ז
“to turn aside; be perverse”
In context — Proverbs 2:15
Whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways
About this coordinate
Proverbs 2:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 2:15, so the Hebrew word וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗ים (unelozim) 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.2.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.2.15.W4.S1) and character.