Proverbs 14:30:4Prov.14.30.W4TAB
מַרְפֵּ֑א
marpe
“healing”
- Transliteration
- mar-PE
- Extended
- mahr-PEE
- IPA
- /marˈpeːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- healing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mar-PE
- clause
kha-YE ve-sa-RIM LEV mar-PE
- sentence
kha-YE ve-sa-RIM LEV mar-PE u-re-KAV a-tsa-MOT kin-A
Exegesis
The nominal clause lev marpe {לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א | lēv mar-pê} ‘heart of healing’ functions as the positive predicate.
Root and etymology
ר־פ־א
“to heal, restore”
In context — Proverbs 14:30
A healing heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is decay to the bones.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 14:30, so the Hebrew word מַרְפֵּ֑א (marpe) 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.14.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.30.W4.S1) and character.