Proverbs 21:8:2Prov.21.8.W2TAB
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
derekh
“is the way”
- Transliteration
- DE-rekh
- Extended
- DEH-rehkh
- IPA
- /ˈdɛ.rɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- is the way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
DE-rekh
- clause
ha-FAKH-PAKH DE-rekh ISH va-ZAR
- sentence
ha-FAKH-PAKH DE-rekh ISH va-ZAR ve-ZAKH ya-SHAR pa-o-LO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the adjective hafakhpakh {הֲפַכְפַּךְ | ha-faḵ-paḵ} ‘perverse’ modifying derekh {דֶּרֶךְ | de-reḵ} ‘way’, a fronted adjective that intensifies the negative attribute before ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘man’.
Root and etymology
ד־ר־ך
“way, path”
In context — Proverbs 21:8
A man’s course is perverse and strange, but the work of the pure is upright.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 21:8, so the Hebrew word דֶּ֣רֶךְ (derekh) 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.21.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.8.W2.S1) and character.