Proverbs 21:15:1Prov.21.15.W1TAB
שִׂמְחָ֣ה
simekha
“joy”
- Transliteration
- si-me-KHA
- Extended
- sih-meh-KHAA
- IPA
- /sim.ˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- joy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
si-me-KHA
- clause
si-me-KHA la-tsa-DIK a-SOT mi-she-PAT
- sentence
si-me-KHA la-tsa-DIK a-SOT mi-she-PAT u-me-khi-TA le-FO-a-LEI A-ven
Exegesis
The noun simchah {שִׂמְחָה | sĭm-ḥāh} ‘joy’ governs the prepositional phrase la-ṣad-dîq {לַצַּדִּיק | la-ṣad-dîq} ‘to the righteous’, followed by ʿă-šôṯ mišpā-ṭ {עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט | ʿă-šôṯ miš-pā-ṭ} expressing the action of doing justice.
Root and etymology
s-m-ḥsamekh–mem–chet
“to rejoice”
In context — Proverbs 21:15
It is joy to the righteous to do justice, but destruction comes to the workers of iniquity .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 21:15, so the Hebrew word שִׂמְחָ֣ה (simekha) 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.21.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.15.W1.S1) and character.