Proverbs 26:14:1Prov.26.14.W1TAB
הַ֭דֶּלֶת
hadelet
“the door”
- Transliteration
- ha-DE-let
- Extended
- hah-DEH-leht
- IPA
- /hadˈdɛ.lɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the door
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-DE-let
- clause
ha-DE-let ti-SOV al-TSI-ra
- sentence
ha-DE-let ti-SOV al-TSI-ra ve-a-TSAL al-mi-TA-to
Exegesis
The verse employs synonymous parallelism between the inanimate hadelet {הַ֭דֶּלֶת | hăddĕlēt} ‘the door’ and the human weatzel {וְ֝עָצֵ֗ל | wə‘āṣēl} ‘sluggard’.
Root and etymology
d-l-tdalet–lamed–tav
“movable panel”
In context — Proverbs 26:14
As a door turns on its hinge, so the sluggard turns on his bed.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 26:14, so the Hebrew word הַ֭דֶּלֶת (hadelet) 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.26.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.14.W1.S1) and character.