Proverbs 25:22:7Prov.25.22.W7TAB
יְשַׁלֶּם־לָֽךְ׃
yeshalemlakh
“will repay you”
- Transliteration
- ye-sha-LEM-LAKH
- Extended
- yeh-shah-LEHM-LAAKH
- IPA
- /jə.ʃalˈlɛm.laːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- will repay you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ye-sha-LEM-LAKH
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH ye-sha-LEM-LAKH
- sentence
KI ge-kha-LIM a-TA kho-TE al-RO-sho va-ye-ho-VAH ye-sha-LEM-LAKH
Exegesis
With the vav-consecutive, wə-YHWH {וַיְהוָה | wə-YHWH} ‘and the LORD’ begins the result clause, and the imperfect yǝšallem {יְשַׁלֵּם | yǝšallem} ‘will repay’ underscores the certainty of divine action.
The suffixed lāḵ {לָךְ | lāḵ} ‘to you’ marks the same individual as beneficiary. This cause-and-effect parallelism highlights the principle that kindness toward another yields a corresponding recompense from God.
Root and etymology
š-l-mshin–lamed–mem
“to complete, to repay”
In context — Proverbs 25:22
For you will heap coals upon his head, and the LORD will repay you.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 25:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 25:22, so the Hebrew word יְשַׁלֶּם־לָֽךְ׃ (yeshalemlakh) 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.25.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.25.22.W7.S1) and character.