Proverbs 14:30:6Prov.14.30.W6TAB
עֲצָמ֣וֹת
atsamot
“bones”
- Transliteration
- a-tsa-MOT
- Extended
- ah-tsah-MOHT
- IPA
- /ʕătsaːˈmoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- bones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
a-tsa-MOT
- phraseyour reading level
a-tsa-MOT kin-A
- clause
u-re-KAV a-tsa-MOT kin-A
- sentence
kha-YE ve-sa-RIM LEV mar-PE u-re-KAV a-tsa-MOT kin-A
Exegesis
The adversative ū-rə-qāḇ ʿă-ṣā-mōṯ {וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת | ū-rə-qāḇ ʿă-ṣā-mōṯ} ‘and decay of bones’ introduces the contrasting predicate with kinah {קִנְאָֽה | qi-nə-ʾāh} ‘envy’, forming a chiastic parallelism (A: heart/healing // B: envy/decay) that underscores moral and physical consequences.
Root and etymology
ע־צ־ם
“bone”
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 14:30:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 14:30, so the Hebrew word עֲצָמ֣וֹת (atsamot) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.30.W6.S1) and character.