Proverbs 26:21:4Prov.26.21.W4TAB
לְאֵ֑שׁ
leesh
“for fire”
- Transliteration
- le-ESH
- Extended
- leh-EESH
- IPA
- /ləˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ESH
- clause
pe-KHAM le-ge-kha-LIM ve-e-TSIM le-ESH
- sentence
pe-KHAM le-ge-kha-LIM ve-e-TSIM le-ESH ve-ISH me-do-NIM mi-de-ya-NIM le-khar-khar-RIV
Exegesis
Proverbs 26:21 employs a parallel simile pairing pecham {פֶּחָם | pē-ḥām} ‘charcoal’ with gechālîm {גֶחָלִים | ge-ḥā-lîm} ‘burning coals’ and etsim {עֵצִים | ʿê-ṣîm} ‘wood’ with ēsh {אֵשׁ | ʾêš} ‘fire’.
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“male person”
In context — Proverbs 26:21
As charcoal is to burning coals and wood is to fire, so a contentious man stirs up strife .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 26:21, so the Hebrew word לְאֵ֑שׁ (leesh) 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.26.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.21.W4.S1) and character.