Proverbs 13:7:2Prov.13.7.W2TAB
מִ֭תְעַשֵּׁר
miteasher
“making himself rich or pretending to be rich”
- Transliteration
- mit-e-a-SHER
- Extended
- mih-teh-ah-SHEER
- IPA
- /mit.ʕaˈʃeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- making himself rich or pretending to be rich
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-e-a-SHER
- clause
YESH mit-e-a-SHER ve-EN KOL
- sentence
YESH mit-e-a-SHER ve-EN KOL mit-ro-SHESH ve-HON RAV
Exegesis
The proverb opens with the existential clause yesh {יֵשׁ | yēš} ‘there is’, introducing an indefinite subject through the reflexive participle mita’asher {מִתְעַשֵּׁר | mit-‘aš-šēr} ‘making himself rich’.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–shin–resh
“to be or become rich”
In context — Proverbs 13:7
There is one who makes himself rich , yet has nothing; and another who makes himself poor, yet has great wealth .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 13:7, so the Hebrew word מִ֭תְעַשֵּׁר (miteasher) 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.13.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.7.W2.S1) and character.