Proverbs 14:28:5Prov.14.28.W5TAB
מְחִתַּ֥ת
mekhitat
“a shattering”
- Transliteration
- me-KHI-tat
- Extended
- meh-KHIH-taht
- IPA
- /məˈħit.tat/
Meaning by language
- English
- a shattering
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
me-KHI-tat
- phraseyour reading level
me-KHI-tat ra-ZON
- clause
u-ve-E-fes le-OM me-KHI-tat ra-ZON
- sentence
be-RAV-AM ha-de-RAT-ME-lekh u-ve-E-fes le-OM me-KHI-tat ra-ZON
Exegesis
The contrasting clause uve’efes le’om mechittat razon {וּבְאֶפֶס לְאֹם מְחִתַּת רָזֽוֹן | ū-bə-ʾe·p̄es lə-ʾōm mə-ḥit-tat rā·zôn} ‘and in absence of people, ruin of a ruler’ presents the negative outcome. English renders supply verbs like “is,” “comes,” or “grows” to translate the Hebrew verbless clauses and preserve the antithetical parallelism.
Root and etymology
ח־ת־ת
“to destroy, break”
In context — Proverbs 14:28
With many people is a king’s majesty, but with no people comes the ruin of a ruler .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 14:28, so the Hebrew word מְחִתַּ֥ת (mekhitat) 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.14.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.28.W5.S1) and character.