Proverbs 7:11:5Prov.7.11.W5TAB
לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ
loyishkenu
“do not dwell or stay”
- Transliteration
- lo-yish-ke-NU
- Extended
- loh-yihsh-keh-NOO
- IPA
- /loː.jiʃ.kəˈnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not dwell or stay
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
lo-yish-ke-NU
- phraseyour reading level
lo-yish-ke-NU rag-le-HA
- clause
be-vei-TA lo-yish-ke-NU rag-le-HA
- sentence
ho-mi-YA HI ve-so-RA-ret be-vei-TA lo-yish-ke-NU rag-le-HA
Exegesis
The locative phrase be-veitah {בְּבֵיתָהּ | bə-ḇê-vāh} ‘in her house’ sets the scene for the negated verb lo-yishkenu {לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ | lōʾ-yiš-kə-nû} ‘not dwell’, which is plural to agree with ragleha {רַגְלֶיהָ | ra-ǧê-lā-hā} ‘her feet’. The progression from descriptive predicates to verbal negation underscores her restless and unruly nature.
Root and etymology
ʾ-y-šaleph–yod–shin
“man; male individual”
In context — Proverbs 7:11
She is loud and unruly; her feet do not dwell in her house .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 7:11, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ (loyishkenu) 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.7.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.11.W5.S1) and character.