Proverbs 22:12:5Prov.22.12.W5TAB
וַ֝יְסַלֵּ֗ף
vayesallef
“and he overturns”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-sal-LEF
- Extended
- vah-yeh-sal-LEEF
- IPA
- /va.jə.salˈleːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he overturns
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-sal-LEF
- clause
va-ye-sal-LEF di-ve-REI vo-GED
- sentence
ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH NA-tse-RU DA-at va-ye-sal-LEF di-ve-REI vo-GED
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive va-yesallef {וַיְסַלֵּף | wa·yə·śal·lêp̄} ‘and he distorts’ introduces a contrasting clause, followed by divrei {דִבְרֵי | diḇ·rê} ‘words of’ + boged {בֹּגֵד | bō·gêḏ} ‘traitor’. This parallelism juxtaposes divine preservation of understanding with the subversion of treacherous speech, and the vav-consecutive maintains Hebrew narrative flow in English.
In context — Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the LORD keep knowledge , but He overturns the words of the traitor.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 22:12, so the Hebrew word וַ֝יְסַלֵּ֗ף (vayesallef) 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.22.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.12.W5.S1) and character.