Proverbs 6:1:5Prov.6.1.W5TAB
לַזָּ֣ר
lazar
“to a stranger”
- Transliteration
- la-ZAR
- Extended
- lah-ZAAR
- IPA
- /laˈzːaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a stranger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
la-ZAR
- phraseyour reading level
la-ZAR ka-PE-kha
- clause
ta-KA-ta la-ZAR ka-PE-kha
- sentence
be-NI im-a-RAV-ta le-re-E-kha ta-KA-ta la-ZAR ka-PE-kha
Exegesis
The second protasis mirrors this with the Qal perfect taqaʿta {תָּקַעְתָּ | ṭā-qa-ʿ-tā} ‘have struck’, the preposition la-zar {לַזָּר | la-zār} ‘for the stranger’, and the noun kappekha {כַּפֶּיךָ | ka-pê-ḵā} ‘your palms’, the idiom for making a pledge. This parallelism and repetition of im emphasize the cautionary tone. English preserves the conditional and legal terminology to reflect the Hebrew syntax.
In context — Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor , if you have struck your palms for a stranger .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 6:1, so the Hebrew word לַזָּ֣ר (lazar) 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.6.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.1.W5.S1) and character.