Proverbs 10:5:8Prov.10.5.W8TAB
מֵבִֽישׁ׃
mevish
“bringing shame”
- Transliteration
- me-VISH
- Extended
- meh-VEESH
- IPA
- /meːˈviːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- bringing shame
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
me-VISH
- phraseyour reading level
BEN me-VISH
- clause
nir-DAM ba-KA-tsir BEN me-VISH
- sentence
o-GER ba-KA-yits BEN mas-KE-l nir-DAM ba-KA-tsir BEN me-VISH
Exegesis
Clause B mirrors this with the Nifal participle nirdām {נִרְדָּם | nir-dām} ‘slumbers’, the same subject ben {בֵּן | ben}, and Hiphil participle meviš {מֵבִֽישׁׁ | meviš} ‘causes disgrace’, framed by bakatzir {בַּקָּצִיר | ba-kkātzîr} ‘in the harvest’. The parallel temporal phrases highlight the moral contrast between diligence and negligence. English predicate adjectives preserve the participles’ adjectival force while maintaining Hebrew word order for rhetorical emphasis.
Root and etymology
ב־ו־ש
“to shame”
In context — Proverbs 10:5
A son who gathers in the summer is prudent , but a son who sleeps during the harvest causes disgrace .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 10:5, so the Hebrew word מֵבִֽישׁ׃ (mevish) 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.10.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.5.W8.S1) and character.