Job 13:12:2Job.13.12.W2TAB
מִשְׁלֵי־אֵ֑פֶר
mishleiefer
“proverbs of ashes”
- Transliteration
- mish-LEI-E-fer
- Extended
- mihsh-LEE-EH-fehr
- IPA
- /miʃˈleː.ʔeː.fɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- proverbs of ashes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-LEI-E-fer
- clause
zikh-ro-NEI-khem mish-LEI-E-fer
- sentence
zikh-ro-NEI-khem mish-LEI-E-fer le-gab-BEI-KHO-mer gab-BEI-khem
Exegesis
In the first clause, zikhroneikhem {זִֽ֭כְרֹנֵיכֶם | zikrōnêkem} functions as the topic and mishlei-efer {מִשְׁלֵי־אֵ֑פֶר | mišlê-ʾēp̄er} as its predicate in a construct chain that evokes memories dispersing like ash.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–shin–lamed
“to compare”
In context — Job 13:12
Your remembrances are sayings of ash; your defenses are defenses of clay.
About this coordinate
Job 13:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 13:12, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁלֵי־אֵ֑פֶר (mishleiefer) 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 Job.13.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.12.W2.S1) and character.