Proverbs 1:6:2Prov.1.6.W2TAB
מָ֭שָׁל
mashal
“a proverb”
- Transliteration
- ma-SHAL
- Extended
- maa-SHAAL
- IPA
- /mɔːˈʃɔːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- a proverb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-SHAL
- clause
le-ha-VIN ma-SHAL u-me-li-TSA
- sentence
le-ha-VIN ma-SHAL u-me-li-TSA div-RE kha-kha-MIM ve-khi-do-TAM
Exegesis
The paired nouns mashal {מָ֭שָׁל | mā-šāl} ‘proverb’ and melitsa {וּמְלִיצָ֑ה | u-mə-lî-ṣā} ‘utterance’ form a synonymous parallelism highlighting two genres of wisdom sayings.
Root and etymology
מ־שׁ־ל
“to compare”
In context — Proverbs 1:6
To understand a proverb and an utterance, the words of the wise and their riddles .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 1:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 1:6, so the Hebrew word מָ֭שָׁל (mashal) 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.1.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.1.6.W2.S1) and character.