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

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Result
תֻּ + מַּ֣ת
tu + mat
tumat

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Qibbutsshort 'oo' as in food
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    tu-MAT

  2. clause

    tu-MAT ye-sha-RIM tan-KHEM

  3. 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 contextProverbs 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.