Proverbs 8:30:5Prov.8.30.W5TAB
שַׁ֭עֲשֻׁעִים
shaashuim
“delights”
- Transliteration
- sha-a-shu-IM
- Extended
- shah-ah-shuh-EEM
- IPA
- /ʃa.ʕă.ʃuːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- delights
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-a-shu-IM
- phraseyour reading level
a-MON va-e-HE-ye sha-a-shu-IM YOM YOM
- clause
va-e-HE-ye E-tslo a-MON va-e-HE-ye sha-a-shu-IM YOM YOM
- sentence
va-e-HE-ye E-tslo a-MON va-e-HE-ye sha-a-shu-IM YOM YOM me-sa-KHE-ket le-fa-NAV be-KHAL-ET
Exegesis
A parallel clause repeats va’ehyeh followed by shaashuim {שַׁ֭עֲשֻׁעִים | sha‘ăššû‘îm} “delight” and the reduplicative idiom yom yom, emphasizing constant engagement.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–ayin–shin–ayin
“to delight, play”
In context — Proverbs 8:30
And I was beside Him as a master craftsman ; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing before Him at all times.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 8:30, so the Hebrew word שַׁ֭עֲשֻׁעִים (shaashuim) 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.8.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.30.W5.S1) and character.