Proverbs 13:12:3Prov.13.12.W3TAB
מַחֲלָה־לֵ֑ב
makhalalev
“sickness of heart”
- Transliteration
- ma-kha-LA-LEV
- Extended
- mah-khah-LAA-LEEV
- IPA
- /ma.ħaˈlaː.leːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- sickness of heart
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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-kha-LA-LEV
- clause
to-KHE-let me-mu-sha-KHA ma-kha-LA-LEV
- sentence
to-KHE-let me-mu-sha-KHA ma-kha-LA-LEV ve-ETS kha-YIM ta-a-VA va-A
Exegesis
The proverb begins with a nominal subject, tohelet memushakhah {תּוֹחֶ֣לֶת מְ֭מֻשָּׁכָה | tô-che-let mə-mû-sha-kha} ‘delayed hope,’ followed by the predicate machalah-lev {מַחֲלָה־לֵ֑ב | ma-ḥă-lāh-lev} ‘heart sickness.’ The prefixed waw at וְעֵץ introduces an adversative turn.
Root and etymology
chet-lamed-hehchet–lamed–heh
“sickness”
In context — Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred brings sickness to the heart; but when desire comes, it is a tree of life .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 13:12, so the Hebrew word מַחֲלָה־לֵ֑ב (makhalalev) 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.13.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.12.W3.S1) and character.