Proverbs 21:28:5Prov.21.28.W5TAB
לָנֶ֥צַח
lanetsakh
“forever”
- Transliteration
- la-NE-tsakh
- Extended
- laa-NEH-tsakh
- IPA
- /laː.ˈnɛ.tsaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- forever
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-NE-tsakh
- phraseyour reading level
la-NE-tsakh ye-dab-BER
- clause
ve-ISH sho-ME-a la-NE-tsakh ye-dab-BER
- sentence
ed-ke-za-VIM yo-a-VED ve-ISH sho-ME-a la-NE-tsakh ye-dab-BER
Exegesis
The second clause begins with ve-ish {וְאִישׁ | wə-ʾîš} ‘and man’ plus the participle shomea {שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ | šō-mē-aʿ} used substantively as ‘one who hears,’ followed by the prepositional phrase lanetzach {לָנֶצַח | lā-ne-ṣaḥ} indicating duration ‘forever,’ and concludes with the Piel imperfect yedabber {יְדַבֵּֽר | yə-dab-bēr} ‘will speak,’ emphasizing sustained testimony. The parallelism contrasts the demise of deceit with the enduring nature of receptive speech.
In context — Proverbs 21:28
A false witness will perish, but a man who hears will speak with endurance.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 21:28, so the Hebrew word לָנֶ֥צַח (lanetsakh) 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.21.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.28.W5.S1) and character.