Proverbs 24:20:7Prov.24.20.W7TAB
יִדְעָֽךְ׃
yidakh
“will be extinguished”
- Transliteration
- yid-AKH
- Extended
- yihd-AAKH
- IPA
- /jiðˈʕaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- will be extinguished
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
yid-AKH
- phraseyour reading level
re-sha-IM yid-AKH
- clause
NER re-sha-IM yid-AKH
- sentence
KI LO-ti-he-YE a-kha-riT la-RA NER re-sha-IM yid-AKH
Exegesis
In the second clause, the noun phrase ner resha·ʿîm {נֵר רְשָׁעִים | nêr rəša·ʿîm} ‘lamp of the wicked ones’ is followed by the verb yidakh {יִדְעָךְ | yîḏaḵ} ‘will go out,’ creating a climactic parallelism characteristic of wisdom poetry. The construct ner resha·ʿîm highlights the tenuous nature of the wicked, and the shift from singular to plural broadens the warning from individual to collective.
In context — Proverbs 24:20
There will be no destiny for the evil one, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 24:20, so the Hebrew word יִדְעָֽךְ׃ (yidakh) 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.24.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.20.W7.S1) and character.