Proverbs 28:3:4Prov.28.3.W4TAB
דַּלִּ֑ים
dalim
“the weak or poor”
- Transliteration
- da-LIM
- Extended
- dah-LEEM
- IPA
- /dalˈliːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the weak or poor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
da-LIM
- clause
GE-ver RASH ve-o-SHEK da-LIM
- sentence
GE-ver RASH ve-o-SHEK da-LIM ma-TAR so-KHEF ve-EN LA-khem
Exegesis
The conjunction vav {וְ | wə} links the Piel participle osheq {עֹשֵׁק | ō-šēq} ‘oppressing’ to dallim {דַּלִּים | dal-lîm} ‘poor ones,’ creating a parallel nominal clause.
Root and etymology
d-l-ldalet–lamed–lamed
“to be poor, weak”
In context — Proverbs 28:3
A poor man who oppresses the needy is like a rainstorm that sweeps away and leaves no bread .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 28:3, so the Hebrew word דַּלִּ֑ים (dalim) 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.28.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.3.W4.S1) and character.