Proverbs 21:2:1Prov.21.2.W1TAB
כָּֽל־דֶּרֶךְ־אִ֭ישׁ
kalderekhish
“every way of a man”
- Transliteration
- kal-de-rekh-ISH
- Extended
- kaal-deh-rehkh-EESH
- IPA
- /kaːl.dɛ.rɛx.ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- every way of a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kal-de-rekh-ISH
- clause
kal-de-rekh-ISH ya-SHAR be-E-NAV
- sentence
kal-de-rekh-ISH ya-SHAR be-E-NAV ve-to-KHEN lib-BOT Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the universal quantifier kol {כָּל | kâl} ‘every,’ followed by the construct chain derekh {דֶּרֶךְ | də-rekh} ‘way’ + ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man,’ forming a nominal clause with yashar {יָשָׁר | yā-šār} ‘right’ as predicate adjective.
Root and etymology
ד־ר־ך
“way, path”
In context — Proverbs 21:2
A person regards every way as right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 21:2, so the Hebrew word כָּֽל־דֶּרֶךְ־אִ֭ישׁ (kalderekhish) 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.21.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.2.W1.S1) and character.