Proverbs 15:17:5Prov.15.17.W5TAB
מִשּׁ֥וֹר
mishor
“than an ox”
- Transliteration
- mi-SHOR
- Extended
- mih-SHOHR
- IPA
- /miʃːoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- than an ox
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-SHOR
- phraseyour reading level
mi-SHOR a-VUS
- clause
mi-SHOR a-VUS ve-sin-A-VO
- sentence
TOV a-ru-KHAT ya-RAK ve-a-ha-VAH-SHAM mi-SHOR a-VUS ve-sin-A-VO
Exegesis
The construct aruchat yaraq {אֲרֻחַת יָ֭רָק | ʾărûḥât yārāq} “meal of vegetables” is contrasted with shor avus {שּׁוֹר אָבוּס | šôr ʾābûs} “fatted ox,” creating paired elements.
In context — Proverbs 15:17
Better is a meal of vegetables where love is, than a fattened ox with hatred .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 15:17, so the Hebrew word מִשּׁ֥וֹר (mishor) 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.15.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.17.W5.S1) and character.