Proverbs 15:4:1Prov.15.4.W1TAB
מַרְפֵּ֣א
marpe
“healing or remedy”
- Transliteration
- mar-PE
- Extended
- mahr-PEE
- IPA
- /marˈpeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- healing or remedy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mar-PE
- clause
mar-PE la-SHON ETS kha-YIM
- sentence
mar-PE la-SHON ETS kha-YIM ve-SE-lef BAH SHE-ver be-RU-akh
Root and etymology
r-p-ʾresh–pe–aleph
“to heal, make whole”
In context — Proverbs 15:4
Healing of the tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 15:4, so the Hebrew word מַרְפֵּ֣א (marpe) 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.15.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.4.W1.S1) and character.