vo-ne · W118
vone · righteousness, right relational standing · ✅
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| Domain | ethics / theology / social |
| Class | quality / relational state |
| Type | compound |
| Register | standard / ethical / theological |
| First use | Matthew 5–7 translation (SOM draft). Recurs throughout: Beatitudes (5:6, 5:10), antitheses (fulfilling the law), Lord's Prayer context, etc. |
Composition
vo (value/quality) + ne (relation/bond) = value-in-relation = the quality of having correct value in one's relational network. Head-final: ne (relation) is head; vo specifies that the relational quality being described is one of positive value = being right in one's bonds.
Definition
righteousness; right relational standing; being in a state of value within one's bonds and social connections. The quality of acting rightly within all one's relationships — not merely internal virtue but correct alignment with one's relational obligations. Corresponds to Hebrew tsedakah and Greek dikaiosynē (righteousness / justice).
Notes
Deliberately relational: not "being good internally" (which would be su-fa, W133) but "being correctly aligned in one's bonds." tsedakah always involves both dimensions; Tonesu captures the relational dimension through ne.
vo-ne as predicate: la-X vo-ne = X has right-relational-quality.
As patient: lo-vo-ne = the quality of righteousness as a thing to seek or have. "Hunger for righteousness" = fa-wi lo-vo-ne (Matthew 5:6).
Related
vo (primitive: value/quality), ne (primitive: relation/bond), su-fa (W133: purity of inner affect), wi-no-ra (W132: meekness), fa-vo (compassion compound)
In the corpus
1 attestation.
| S# | Tonesu |
|---|---|
| S635 | go ka-li-su ne ka-de, la-o-zo-li vo-ne ki lo-ka-li-suWhen governance becomes destructive, the people have the right to change or abolish it. |
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