Malachi 2:3:8Mal.2.3.W8TAB
פֶּ֖רֶשׁ
peresh
“dung”
- Transliteration
- PE-resh
- Extended
- PEH-rehsh
- IPA
- /ˈpɛ.rɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- dung
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PE-resh
- clause
hin-ne-NI go-ER la-KHEM et-ha-ZE-ra ve-ze-RI-ti PE-resh al-pe-NE-khem PE-resh kha-GE-khem
- sentence
hin-ne-NI go-ER la-KHEM et-ha-ZE-ra ve-ze-RI-ti PE-resh al-pe-NE-khem PE-resh kha-GE-khem ve-na-SA et-ke-KHEM e-LAV
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive wə-zērî-tî {וְזֵרִיתִי | wə-zērî-tî} initiates the result clause describing scattering of pereš {פֶרֶשׁ | pereš} ‘dung.’
Root and etymology
Rootpe–resh–shin
“dung, refuse”
In context — Malachi 2:3
Behold, I will rebuke your offspring , and I will throw dung upon your faces—the dung of your feasts—and you will be carried away with it.
About this coordinate
Malachi 2:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Malachi 2:3, so the Hebrew word פֶּ֖רֶשׁ (peresh) 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 Mal.2.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mal.2.3.W8.S1) and character.