Proverbs 26:13:4Prov.26.13.W4TAB
בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ
badarekh
“in the way or on the road”
- Transliteration
- ba-DA-rekh
- Extended
- bah-DAA-rehkh
- IPA
- /badˈdaːrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the way or on the road
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ba-DA-rekh
- clause
a-MAR a-TSEL SHA-khal ba-DA-rekh
- sentence
a-MAR a-TSEL SHA-khal ba-DA-rekh a-RI BEN ha-re-KHO-vot
Exegesis
It employs parallel syntax with shachal {שַׁ֣חַל | šaḥal} ‘lion’ + badarekh {בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ | bad-dā-reḵ} ‘in the way’, followed by ari {אֲ֝רִ֗י | ʾarī} ‘lion’ + bein {בֵּ֣ן | bên} ‘between’ + harechovot {הָרְחֹבֽוֹת | hār-ḥō-ḇōṯ} ‘open squares’. This repetition emphasizes the sluggard’s exaggerated fear, and the spatial move from a general route to public squares heightens the poetic force. The English retains the Hebrew’s parallelism and progression to convey this rhetorical impact.
In context — Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard says, “A lion is in the way; a lion is in the open squares .”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 26:13, so the Hebrew word בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ (badarekh) 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.26.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.13.W4.S1) and character.