Proverbs 21:16:3Prov.21.16.W3TAB
מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ
midderekh
“from the way”
- Transliteration
- mid-DE-rekh
- Extended
- mihd-DEH-rekh
- IPA
- /mid.ˈdɛ.rɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
mid-DE-rekh
- phraseyour reading level
mid-DE-rekh has-KEEL
- clause
a-DAM TO-eh mid-DE-rekh has-KEEL
- sentence
a-DAM TO-eh mid-DE-rekh has-KEEL bik-HAL re-fa-IM ya-NU-akh
Exegesis
The construct phrase mi derekh ha-sekel {מִ דֶּרֶךְ הַשְׂכֵּל | mi de-rekh ha-səḵēl} ‘from the way of understanding’ frames wisdom as a navigable path.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–resh–kaf
“way, path”
In context — Proverbs 21:16
A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 21:16, so the Hebrew word מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ (midderekh) 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.21.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.16.W3.S1) and character.