Proverbs 14:17:5Prov.14.17.W5TAB
מְ֝זִמּ֗וֹת
mezimmot
“plans or schemes”
- Transliteration
- me-zim-MOT
- Extended
- meh-zihm-MOHT
- IPA
- /məzimˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- plans or schemes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
me-zim-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ISH me-zim-MOT
- clause
ve-ISH me-zim-MOT yis-sa-NE
- sentence
ke-TSAR-A-PA-yim ya-a-SE i-VE-let ve-ISH me-zim-MOT yis-sa-NE
Exegesis
The conjunction vav connects to the second clause, where ish mezimot {אִ֥ישׁ מְ֝זִמּ֗וֹת | ʾîš me-zi-mmôt} ‘a man of schemes’ denotes a plotter.
Root and etymology
RootZayin, Mem, Mem
“to devise”
In context — Proverbs 14:17
One who is quick to anger acts with folly , and a man of schemes is hated.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 14:17, so the Hebrew word מְ֝זִמּ֗וֹת (mezimmot) 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.14.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.17.W5.S1) and character.