Proverbs 12:5:1Prov.12.5.W1TAB
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת
makhshevot
“thoughts of”
- Transliteration
- makh-she-VOT
- Extended
- mahkh-sheh-VOHT
- IPA
- /maħ.ʃəˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- thoughts of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
makh-she-VOT
- clause
makh-she-VOT tsa-di-KIM mish-PAT
- sentence
makh-she-VOT tsa-di-KIM mish-PAT takh-bu-LOT re-sha-IM mir-MA
Exegesis
The verse consists of two parallel nominal clauses built on the construct chains machshevot tsaddiqim {מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים | maḥšəḇōṯ ṣaddîqîm} ‘thoughts of the righteous’ and tachbulot reshaim {תַּחְבֻּל֖וֹת רְשָׁעִים | taḥbûlōṯ rešaʿîm} ‘plans of the wicked.’
Root and etymology
ḥ-š-ḇḥet–shin–bet
“to think, plan”
In context — Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are justice, but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 12:5, so the Hebrew word מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת (makhshevot) 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.12.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.5.W1.S1) and character.