Proverbs 20:28:3Prov.20.28.W3TAB
יִצְּרוּ־מֶ֑לֶךְ
yittserumelekh
“preserve a king”
- Transliteration
- yit-tse-ru-ME-lekh
- Extended
- yih-tseh-roo-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /jit͡sːə.ru.ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- preserve a king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yit-tse-ru-ME-lekh
- clause
KHE-sed ve-E-met yit-tse-ru-ME-lekh
- sentence
KHE-sed ve-E-met yit-tse-ru-ME-lekh ve-sa-AD ba-KHE-sed kis-e-O
Exegesis
The verse begins with the coordinated nouns chesed {חֶסֶד | ḥeṣed} ‘steadfast love’ and emet {אֱמֶת | ʾĕmet} ‘truth’ functioning as the compound subject of the Qal imperfect verb yitzru {יִצְּרוּ | yiṣṣə·rû} ‘they preserve’, with melekh {מֶלֶךְ | meleḵ} ‘king’ as its object.
Root and etymology
“to reign”
In context — Proverbs 20:28
Loyalty and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by loyalty.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 20:28, so the Hebrew word יִצְּרוּ־מֶ֑לֶךְ (yittserumelekh) 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.20.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.28.W3.S1) and character.