Proverbs 16:1:4Prov.16.1.W4TAB
מַעֲנֵ֥ה
maane
“answer”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-NE
- Extended
- mah-ah-NEH
- IPA
- /ma.ʕaˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- answer
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
ma-a-NE
- phraseyour reading level
ma-a-NE la-SHON
- clause
u-me-ye-ho-VAH ma-a-NE la-SHON
- sentence
le-A-dam ma-a-re-KHE-LEv u-me-ye-ho-VAH ma-a-NE la-SHON
Exegesis
The conjunctive vav in u-me-ye-ho-vah {וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה | û-me·yə-hô-vāh} pivots to divine sovereignty, introducing the source of ma‘anêh {מַעֲנֵ֥ה | ma·ʿă·nêh} “answer” tied to lāšôn {לָשֽׁוֹן | lā·šôn} “tongue.” This parallelism contrasts human planning with divine provision, rendered in English as subject-verb-object while retaining the proverb’s chiastic structure.
In context — Proverbs 16:1
A person may arrange the plans of the heart, but the LORD gives the reply of the tongue .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 16:1, so the Hebrew word מַעֲנֵ֥ה (maane) 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.16.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.1.W4.S1) and character.