Proverbs 1:32:2Prov.1.32.W2TAB
מְשׁוּבַ֣ת
meshuvat
“turning away”
- Transliteration
- me-shu-VAT
- Extended
- meh-shoo-VAT
- IPA
- /məʃuːˈvaθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- turning away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-shu-VAT
- clause
KI me-shu-VAT pe-ta-YIM ta-har-GEM
- sentence
KI me-shu-VAT pe-ta-YIM ta-har-GEM ve-shal-VAT ke-si-LIM te-ab-be-DEM
Exegesis
The construct phrase meshubat petayim {מְשׁוּבַת פְּתָיִים | mə-šū-bāṯ pə-ṯā-yim} ‘backsliding of the naive’ functions as subject.
Root and etymology
שׁ–ו–ב
“to turn, return”
In context — Proverbs 1:32
For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the ease of fools will destroy them.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 1:32, so the Hebrew word מְשׁוּבַ֣ת (meshuvat) 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.1.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.32.W2.S1) and character.