Proverbs 29:8:2Prov.29.8.W2TAB
לָ֭צוֹן
latson
“scoffing or mockery”
- Transliteration
- la-TSON
- Extended
- laa-TSOHN
- IPA
- /laːˈtsoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- scoffing or mockery
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-TSON
- clause
an-SHE la-TSON ya-FI-khu kir-YA
- sentence
an-SHE la-TSON ya-FI-khu kir-YA va-kha-kha-MIM ya-SHI-vu AF
Exegesis
The verse opens with a construct chain anshei latson {אַנְשֵׁ֣י לָ֭צוֹן | ʾăn·šê lā·ṣôn} ‘men of mockery’, defining a group by contempt.
Root and etymology
l-ṣ-nlamed–tsade–nun
“to mock, scorn”
In context — Proverbs 29:8
Men of mockery inflame a city, but wise men turn back wrath .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 29:8, so the Hebrew word לָ֭צוֹן (latson) 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.29.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.8.W2.S1) and character.