Proverbs 13:14:3Prov.13.14.W3TAB
מְק֣וֹר
mekor
“a spring of”
- Transliteration
- me-KOR
- Extended
- meh-KOHR
- IPA
- /məˈqoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a spring of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-KOR
- clause
TO-rat kha-KHAM me-KOR kha-YIM
- sentence
TO-rat kha-KHAM me-KOR kha-YIM la-SUR mi-mo-ke-SHE MA-vet
Exegesis
The verse consists of two construct phrases, torat chakham {תּוֹרַ֣ת חָ֭כָם | tô-rat kha-kham} ‘instruction of a wise person’ and mekor chayyim {מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים | mə-kôr ḥa-yyim} ‘fountain of life’, followed by an infinitive purpose clause lasur {לָ֝ס֗וּר | la-sur} ‘to turn away’ with a genitive phrase mimokshei mavet {מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת | mim-mô-khshê ma-vet} ‘from the snares of death’. The construct chain emphasizes the causal relationship between wisdom’s instruction and life, and the purpose infinitive conveys protection. English rendering preserves Hebrew word order to maintain parallelism and rhetorical impact.
Root and etymology
m-q-rmem–qoph–resh
“source, spring”
In context — Proverbs 13:14
The instruction of the wise is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 13:14, so the Hebrew word מְק֣וֹר (mekor) 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.13.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.14.W3.S1) and character.