Proverbs 14:23:3Prov.14.23.W3TAB
מוֹתָ֑ר
motar
“profit or advantage”
- Transliteration
- mo-TAR
- Extended
- moh-TAAR
- IPA
- /moːˈtaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- profit or advantage
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mo-TAR
- clause
be-KHOL-E-tsev yih-ye-YE mo-TAR
- sentence
be-KHOL-E-tsev yih-ye-YE mo-TAR u-de-VAR-se-fa-TA-yim AKH-le-makh-SOR
Exegesis
This is followed by the predictive Qal imperfect yihyeh {יִהְיֶ֣ה | yiḥ-yéh} and the nominal predicate motar {מוֹתָ֑ר | mō-ṯār} ‘profit’.
Root and etymology
y-t-ryod–tav–resh
“to remain, be left over”
In context — Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is profit, but the speech of the lips leads only to want .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 14:23, so the Hebrew word מוֹתָ֑ר (motar) 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.14.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.23.W3.S1) and character.