Proverbs 11:24:2Prov.11.24.W2TAB
מְ֭פַזֵּר
mefazzer
“one scattering or distributing”
- Transliteration
- me-faz-ZER
- Extended
- meh-fahz-ZEER
- IPA
- /məfazˈzeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- one scattering or distributing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-faz-ZER
- clause
YESH me-faz-ZER ve-no-SAF OD
- sentence
YESH me-faz-ZER ve-no-SAF OD ve-kho-SEKH mi-YO-sher AKH-le-makh-SOR
Exegesis
The Piel participle mefazzer {מְפַזֵּר | məpazzēr} functions as a substantive ‘scatterer’, followed by the Nifal participle venosaf {וְנוֹסָף | wə-nō-sāp} ‘and increases’, which conveys the unexpected outcome of generosity, intensified by the adverb od {עוֹד | ʿōḏ} ‘more’.
Root and etymology
p-z-rp-z-r
“to scatter”
In context — Proverbs 11:24
There is one who scatters, yet he increases even more, and one who withholds from uprightness, but it leads only to poverty.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 11:24, so the Hebrew word מְ֭פַזֵּר (mefazzer) 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.11.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.24.W2.S1) and character.