Proverbs 4:19:7Prov.4.19.W7TAB
יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃
yikkashelu
“they stumble”
- Transliteration
- yik-ka-she-LU
- Extended
- yihk-kaa-sheh-LOO
- IPA
- /jik.kaː.ʃeːˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they stumble
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
yik-ka-she-LU
- phraseyour reading level
ba-ME yik-ka-she-LU
- clause
LO ya-de-U ba-ME yik-ka-she-LU
- sentence
DE-rekh re-sha-IM ka-a-fe-LA LO ya-de-U ba-ME yik-ka-she-LU
Exegesis
A contrast clause begins with lo {לֹ֥א | lō} ‘not’ and yad'u {יָ֝דְע֗וּ | yā·ḏə·ʿû} ‘they know,’ leading to the interrogative ba-meh {בַּמֶּ֥ה | ba·mêh} ‘in what’ which governs the Nifal imperfect yikkashelu {יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ | yik·ka·šê·lū} ‘they stumble.’ The parallelism between darkness and stumbling underlines the moral blindness of the wicked, and the tight Hebrew word order preserves this emphasis in translation.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf–shin–lamed
“to stumble, slip”
In context — Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is like deep darkness ; they do not know what causes them to stumble.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 4:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 4:19, so the Hebrew word יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃ (yikkashelu) 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.4.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.4.19.W7.S1) and character.