Proverbs 15:23:3Prov.15.23.W3TAB
בְּמַעֲנֵה־פִ֑יו
bemaanefiv
“in the answer of his mouth”
- Transliteration
- be-ma-a-NE-fi-V
- Extended
- beh-mah-ah-NEE-fee-V
- IPA
- /bəmaʕăˈneː.ˈfiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the answer of his mouth
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-ma-a-NE-fi-V
- clause
sim-KHA la-ISH be-ma-a-NE-fi-V
- sentence
sim-KHA la-ISH be-ma-a-NE-fi-V ve-da-VAR be-i-TO ma-TOV
Exegesis
The verse is structured as a two-part synonymous parallelism, with simchah {שִׂמְחָה | śim-ḥāh} ‘joy’ as the subject of the first clause, followed by the indirect object la’ish {לָאִישׁ | lā-ʾīš} ‘to a man’ and the instrumental-prepositional phrase bema’aneh-piv {בְּמַעֲנֵה־פִיו | bə-ma-ʿa-nê-pîw} ‘in the answer of his mouth’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-n-hayin–nun–heh
“to answer”
In context — Proverbs 15:23
Joy comes to a man by the answer of his mouth, and a word in its time , how good it is!
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 15:23, so the Hebrew word בְּמַעֲנֵה־פִ֑יו (bemaanefiv) 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.15.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.23.W3.S1) and character.