Proverbs 14:35:3Prov.14.35.W3TAB

מַשְׂכִּ֑יל

maskeel

acting wisely

Transliteration
mas-KEEL
Extended
mahs-KEEL
IPA
/masˈkiːl/

Meaning by language

English
acting wisely

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מַשְׂ + כִּ֑יל
mas + keel
maskeel

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    mas-KEEL

  2. clause

    re-TSOHN-ME-lekh le-E-ved mas-KEEL

  3. sentence

    re-TSOHN-ME-lekh le-E-ved mas-KEEL ve-e-vra-TO ti-he-YE me-VISH

Exegesis

The beneficiary is marked by the prepositional phrase le-eved maskil {לְעֶבֶד מַשְׂכִּיל | lə-ʿe-veḏ mas-kîl} ‘to a discerning servant,’ where the Hiphil participle maskil conveys active insight.

Root and etymology

sh-k-lshin–kaf–lamed

prudent, wise

In contextProverbs 14:35

The favor of a king rests on a discerning servant , but his wrath will be on one who causes shame .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 14:35:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 14:35, so the Hebrew word מַשְׂכִּ֑יל (maskeel) 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.14.35.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.35.W3.S1) and character.