Proverbs 3:22:5Prov.3.22.W5TAB
לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃
legargerotekha
“for your neck or throat”
- Transliteration
- le-gar-ge-RO-te-kha
- Extended
- leh-gahr-geh-ROH-teh-khaa
- IPA
- /ləɣar.ɡəˈroːθɛxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for your neck or throat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
le-gar-ge-RO-te-kha
- clause
ve-KHEN le-gar-ge-RO-te-kha
- sentence
ve-yih-YU kha-YIM le-naf-SHE-kha ve-KHEN le-gar-ge-RO-te-kha
Exegesis
The parallel structure aligns the noun chayyim {חַיִּים | ḥayyîm} ‘life’ with the prepositional phrase lenafshekha {לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ | lə-naf-šê-kā} ‘for your soul’, and the noun chen {חֵן | ḥên} ‘grace’ with legargerotekha {לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ | lə-gar-gə-rō-tê-kā} ‘for your neck’. This noun + lamed-object construction is rendered in English as noun + prepositional phrase, preserving the balanced poetic parallelism. The construct chain in legargerotekha connects the abstract quality of grace to the concrete image of the throat area, reinforcing the metaphor of favor as an adornment.
In context — Proverbs 3:22
And they will be life for your soul , and grace for your neck.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 3:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 3:22, so the Hebrew word לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (legargerotekha) 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.3.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.3.22.W5.S1) and character.