Proverbs 5:23:7Prov.5.23.W7TAB
יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃
yishge
“he will go astray”
- Transliteration
- yish-GE
- Extended
- yihsh-GEH
- IPA
- /jiʃˈɡɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he will go astray
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-GE
- phraseyour reading level
i-VAL-to yish-GE
- clause
u-ve-ROV i-VAL-to yish-GE
- sentence
HU ya-MUT be-EN mu-SAR u-ve-ROV i-VAL-to yish-GE
Exegesis
The imperfect yiš-gêh {יִשְׁגֶּה | yiš-gêh} indicates the inevitable outcome. The balanced parallelism contrasts external absence of discipline and internal abundance of folly as dual paths to ruin.
Root and etymology
š-g-hshin–gimel–heh
“to go astray”
In context — Proverbs 5:23
He will die because he lacked discipline , and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 5:23, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃ (yishge) 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.5.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.23.W7.S1) and character.