Proverbs 11:3:1Prov.11.3.W1TAB
תֻּמַּ֣ת
tumat
“integrity of”
- Transliteration
- tu-MAT
- Extended
- tuh-MAHT
- IPA
- /t̪umˈmat/
Meaning by language
- English
- integrity of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tu-MAT
- clause
tu-MAT ye-sha-RIM tan-KHEM
- sentence
tu-MAT ye-sha-RIM tan-KHEM ve-SE-lef bo-gde-DIM ve-SHA-dem ye-SHAD-DEM
Exegesis
The first clause features a construct chain integrity {תֻּמַּ֣ת | tûm-mâṯ} ‘completeness’ and upright ones {יְשָׁרִ֣ים | yešārîm} ‘upright ones’, rendered as “integrity of the upright,” followed by the piel imperfect verb tanchem {תַּנְחֵ֑ם | tannéḥēm} ‘will guide’.
Root and etymology
t-m-mt-m-m
“to be complete”
In context — Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the perverseness of traitors will destroy them.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 11:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 11:3, so the Hebrew word תֻּמַּ֣ת (tumat) 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.11.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.3.W1.S1) and character.