Proverbs 10:9:5Prov.10.9.W5TAB
וּמְעַקֵּ֥שׁ
umeakesh
“and one making crooked”
- Transliteration
- u-me-a-KESH
- Extended
- oo-meh-ah-KEESH
- IPA
- /u.mə.ʕaqˈqeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and one making crooked
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-me-a-KESH
- phraseyour reading level
u-me-a-KESH de-ra-KHAV
- clause
u-me-a-KESH de-ra-KHAV yi-va-DE-a
- sentence
ho-LEKH ba-TOM ye-LEKH BE-takh u-me-a-KESH de-ra-KHAV yi-va-DE-a
Exegesis
The adversative conjunction u {וּ | u} introduces the contrast clause, where the piel participle me-a-qesh {מְעַקֵּשׁ | me-a-qesh} ‘perverting’ intensifies the action.
Root and etymology
Root‛ayin–qof–shin
“to twist, pervert”
In context — Proverbs 10:9
Whoever walks in integrity will walk securely, but whoever perverts his ways will be exposed .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 10:9, so the Hebrew word וּמְעַקֵּ֥שׁ (umeakesh) 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.10.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.9.W5.S1) and character.