Proverbs 15:18:4Prov.15.18.W4TAB
מָד֑וֹן
madon
“strife”
- Transliteration
- ma-DON
- Extended
- maa-DOHN
- IPA
- /maːˈdoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- strife
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-DON
- clause
ISH KHE-MA ye-ga-RE ma-DON
- sentence
ISH KHE-MA ye-ga-RE ma-DON ve-E-rekh A-pa-YIM yash-ki-TIT RIV
Exegesis
Each verb governs its direct object—madon {מָדוֹן | mā-ḏōn} ‘strife’ and riv {רִֽיב | rîḇ} ‘quarrel’—mirroring the chiastic structure. The adversative conjunction wə- (and/but) prefixed to erekh appayim signals the contrast, rendered as “but” in English to highlight the reversal of behavior. The idiom erekh appayim ‘slow to anger’ evokes restrained breath as a metaphor for patience, guiding the choice of “patient” in the dynamic version.
In context — Proverbs 15:18
A man of wrath stirs up strife , but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 15:18, so the Hebrew word מָד֑וֹן (madon) 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.15.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.18.W4.S1) and character.