Proverbs 22:5:3Prov.22.5.W3TAB
בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ
bederekh
“on the way”
- Transliteration
- be-DE-rekh
- Extended
- beh-DEH-rekh
- IPA
- /bəˈdɛ.rɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- on the way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-DE-rekh
- clause
tsi-NIM pa-KHIM be-DE-rekh i-KESH
- sentence
tsi-NIM pa-KHIM be-DE-rekh i-KESH sho-MER na-FE-sho yi-re-KHAK me-HEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with two hazards—tsinim {צִנִּים | ṣinnîm} ‘thorns’ and pakhim {פַּחִים | paḥîm} ‘snares’—presented within be-derekh {בְּדֶרֶךְ | be-ḏereḵ} ‘in the way’ of iqqesh {עִקֵּשׁ | ʿiqqēš} ‘the crooked’.
Root and etymology
d-r-kDalet–Resh–Kaf
“way, course”
In context — Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares lie in the path of the crooked ; he who guards his soul will stay far from them.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 22:5, so the Hebrew word בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ (bederekh) 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.22.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.5.W3.S1) and character.