Proverbs 11:16:5Prov.11.16.W5TAB
יִתְמְכוּ־עֹֽשֶׁר׃
yitmekhuosher
“they take hold of riches or wealth”
- Transliteration
- yit-me-KHU-O-sher
- Extended
- yiht-meh-KHOO-OH-shehr
- IPA
- /jit.məˈxuː.ʕɔːˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- they take hold of riches or wealth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yit-me-KHU-O-sher
- clause
ve-a-ri-TSIM yit-me-KHU-O-sher
- sentence
E-shet-KHEN tit-MOKH ka-VOD ve-a-ri-TSIM yit-me-KHU-O-sher
Exegesis
The adversative vav prefixed to aritsim {עָרִיצִים | ʼăriyṣîm} ‘violent men’ introduces a contrasting parallel clause, where the second Qal imperfect yitməḵû {יִתְמְכוּ | yitməḵû} mirrors the verb pattern to maintain structural balance. The maqqef in eshet-chen and yitməḵû-ʼôšer binds construct and verb-object pairs tightly, reinforcing the causal relationship between virtue and reward in this antithetic parallelism.
Root and etymology
ע־שׁ־ר
“riches, abundance”
In context — Proverbs 11:16
A gracious woman upholds honor, but violent men uphold riches .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 11:16, so the Hebrew word יִתְמְכוּ־עֹֽשֶׁר׃ (yitmekhuosher) 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.11.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.16.W5.S1) and character.