Proverbs 21:15:2Prov.21.15.W2TAB
לַ֭צַּדִּיק
latsadik
“for the righteous one”
- Transliteration
- la-tsa-DIK
- Extended
- lah-tsah-DEEK
- IPA
- /laʦaˈdiːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the righteous one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-tsa-DIK
- 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
ṣ-d-qtsade–dalet–qof
“to be righteous”
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 21:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 21:15, so the Hebrew word לַ֭צַּדִּיק (latsadik) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.15.W2.S1) and character.