Proverbs 27:14:7Prov.27.14.W7TAB
קְ֝לָלָ֗ה
kelala
“a curse”
- Transliteration
- ke-la-LA
- Extended
- keh-lah-LAA
- IPA
- /qəlaːˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a curse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-la-LA
- clause
ke-la-LA te-kha-SHEV LO
- sentence
me-va-REKH re-E-HU be-KOL ga-DOL ba-BO-ker hash-KEIM ke-la-LA te-kha-SHEV LO
Exegesis
The apodosis begins with kelalah {קְ֝לָלָ֗ה | qə-lā-lā(h)} ‘curse’, followed by the Niphal imperfect têḥashev {תֵּחָ֥שֶׁב | ṯê-ḥā-šev} ‘will be reckoned’ and the suffix lo {לֽוֹ | lō} ‘to him’. This antithetical pairing of blessing and curse exemplifies Hebrew wisdom’s paradoxical parallelism. The formal reconstruction preserves the Hebrew clause order, while the dynamic adapts the protasis into an English conditional for readability.
Root and etymology
qllqof–lamed–lamed
“to curse”
In context — Proverbs 27:14
Whoever blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will have it counted as a curse to him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 27:14, so the Hebrew word קְ֝לָלָ֗ה (kelala) 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.27.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.14.W7.S1) and character.