Proverbs 6:2:3Prov.6.2.W3TAB
נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ
nilkadta
“you were caught”
- Transliteration
- nil-KAD-ta
- Extended
- nihl-KAHD-tah
- IPA
- /nilˈkad.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you were caught
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nil-KAD-ta
- clause
nil-KAD-ta be-im-RE-PI-kha
- sentence
no-KASH-ta ve-im-RE-PI-kha nil-KAD-ta be-im-RE-PI-kha
Exegesis
The verse is structured as synonymous parallelism with two Nifal perfect verbs nokashta {נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ | nô-qáš-tā} ‘you have been snared’ and nilkadta {נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ | nil-qaḏ-tā} ‘you have been caught.’ Both are passive in form, indicating the subject experiences the action.
Root and etymology
ל־כ־ד
“to capture, seize”
In context — Proverbs 6:2
You have been snared by the words of your mouth, you have been caught by the words of your mouth.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 6:2, so the Hebrew word נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ (nilkadta) 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.6.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.2.W3.S1) and character.