Proverbs 16:25:6Prov.16.25.W6TAB
דַּרְכֵי־מָֽוֶת׃
darkhemavet
“ways of death”
- Transliteration
- dar-KHE-MA-vet
- Extended
- dahr-KHEE-MAA-vehth
- IPA
- /darˈxeː.ˈmaː.wɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- ways of death
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dar-KHE-MA-vet
- clause
ve-a-kha-ri-TAH dar-KHE-MA-vet
- sentence
YESH DE-rekh ya-SHAR lif-ne-EISH ve-a-kha-ri-TAH dar-KHE-MA-vet
Exegesis
The adversative conjunction ve-acharitah {וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ | wə-ʾaḥă-rî-ṯā(h)} introduces contrast, followed by the construct chain darkhei mavet {דַּרְכֵי־מָוֶת | dăr-kê mā-weṯ} which intensifies the fatal outcome. This antithetic parallelism highlights the discrepancy between perceived righteousness and actual consequence. The translation maintains the existential introduction and adversative structure to convey the proverb’s cautionary force.
Root and etymology
m-w-tmem–vav–tav
“to die”
In context — Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right before a man, but its end is the ways of death .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 16:25, so the Hebrew word דַּרְכֵי־מָֽוֶת׃ (darkhemavet) 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.16.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.25.W6.S1) and character.