Proverbs 3:26:5Prov.3.26.W5TAB
רַגְלְךָ֣
raglekha
“your foot”
- Transliteration
- rag-le-KHA
- Extended
- rahg-leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /raɣləˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your foot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
rag-le-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
rag-le-KHA mil-la-KHED
- clause
ve-sha-MAR rag-le-KHA mil-la-KHED
- sentence
ki-Ye-ho-VAH yih-HE-ye ve-khis-LE-kha ve-sha-MAR rag-le-KHA mil-la-KHED
Exegesis
The waw-consecutive veshamar {וְשָׁמַר | wə-šā-mar} links a second action, governing the object raglecha {רַגְלְךָ | rag-le-kā}.
Root and etymology
ר־ג־לr-g-l
“foot, step”
In context — Proverbs 3:26
For the LORD will be your confidence , and He will keep your foot from being caught.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 3:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 3:26, so the Hebrew word רַגְלְךָ֣ (raglekha) 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.3.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.3.26.W5.S1) and character.