Proverbs 13:4:1Prov.13.4.W1TAB
מִתְאַוָּ֣ה
mitava
“craves”
- Transliteration
- mit-a-VA
- Extended
- mihteh-ah-VAA
- IPA
- /mit.ʔaˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- craves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-a-VA
- clause
mit-a-VA va-A-yin naf-SHO A-tsel
- sentence
mit-a-VA va-A-yin naf-SHO A-tsel ve-NE-fesh kha-ru-TSIM te-du-SHAN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Hitpael participle mitaveh {מִתְאַוָּה | miṯʾāvâh} ‘craves’, forming a circumstantial clause of ongoing desire.
Root and etymology
tav-aleph-vavtav–aleph–vav
“to desire, long for”
In context — Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires but has nothing; the soul of the diligent shall be enriched .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 13:4, so the Hebrew word מִתְאַוָּ֣ה (mitava) 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.13.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.4.W1.S1) and character.