Proverbs 24:17:5Prov.24.17.W5TAB
וּ֝בִכָּשְׁל֗וֹ
uvikkashlo
“and in his stumbling”
- Transliteration
- u-vik-KA-shlo
- Extended
- oo-vihk-KAAH-shloh
- IPA
- /u.viq.qaːʃˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and in his stumbling
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-vik-KA-shlo
- clause
u-vik-KA-shlo al-ya-GEL lib-BE-kha
- sentence
bin-FOL o-vei-KHA o-YIV-kha al-tis-MAKH u-vik-KA-shlo al-ya-GEL lib-BE-kha
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction vav appears in uvikkashlo {וּבִכָּשְׁל֗וֹ | ū-bik-kā-šə-lō} ‘and in his stumbling’ to structure the second parallel clause, which employs the jussive form yagel {יָגֵ֥ל | yā-ḡēl} ‘be glad’ with libekha {לִבֶּךָ | lī-be-ḵā} ‘your heart’ as the experiential subject. This chiastic arrangement and repetition of negatives create emphatic moral restraint and highlight the inward focus of the emotional response.
Root and etymology
כ־שׁ־ל
“to stumble, falter”
In context — Proverbs 24:17
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 24:17, so the Hebrew word וּ֝בִכָּשְׁל֗וֹ (uvikkashlo) 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.24.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.17.W5.S1) and character.