Proverbs 30:22:6Prov.30.22.W6TAB

יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־לָֽחֶם׃

yisbealakhem

“he is satisfied with bread”

Transliteration: yis-be-A-la-khem
Extended: yihs-beh-AH-laa-KHEHM
IPA: /jis.bəˈʕaː.laːˈħɛ.m/

Meaning by language

English: he is satisfied with bread

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

יִֽ + שְׂ + בַּֽ + עלָֽ + חֶם׃

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yis + be + a + la + khem

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yisbealakhem

Alphabet Analysis

	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Lamed	l as in law
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	Chet	ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
yis-be-A-la-khem
phraseyour reading level
KI yis-be-A-la-khem
clause
ve-na-VAL KI yis-be-A-la-khem
sentence
TA-khat-E-ved KI yim-LOKH ve-na-VAL KI yis-be-A-la-khem

Exegesis

A second coordinated element begins with wə-nāval {וְ֝נָבָ֗ל | wə-nā-ḇāl} ‘fool,’ again linked by ki {כִּי | kî} to yisba‘ {יִשְׂבַּע | yis-ba‘} ‘is satisfied.’

The final prepositional phrase laḥem {לָֽחֶם | la-ḥêm} ‘with food’ completes the parallel structure. This repetition and parallelism intensify the theme of social inversion that unsettles the earth.

Root and etymology

Rootlamed–chet–mem

“food, bread”

In context — Proverbs 30:22

Under a servant when he reigns, and a fool when he has his fill of food .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 30:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 30:22, so the Hebrew word יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־לָֽחֶם׃ (yisbealakhem) 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.30.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.22.W6.S1) and character.

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