Proverbs 16:28:6Prov.16.28.W6TAB
מַפְרִ֥יד
mahferid
“separates”
- Transliteration
- mah-fe-RID
- Extended
- mah-feh-REED
- IPA
- /mafˈriːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- separates
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
mah-fe-RID
- phraseyour reading level
mah-fe-RID al-LUF
- clause
ve-nir-GAN mah-fe-RID al-LUF
- sentence
ISH tah-he-pu-KHOT ye-shal-LAKH ma-DON ve-nir-GAN mah-fe-RID al-LUF
Exegesis
The conjunction vav in venirgan {וְנִרְגָּן | vənîrɡān} ‘and whisperer’ introduces the second clause, which mirrors the first with the Hiphil participle mafrid {מַפְרִיד | māp̄-rîd} ‘causing division’ and its object alluf {אַלּוּף | ’allûp̄} ‘close friend.’ This synonymous parallelism pairs two agents whose actions result in discord. In translation, the Piel and Hiphil stems are rendered with causative verbs (‘sends out,’ ‘drives apart’) to preserve the Hebrew’s emphatic force and the verse’s balanced structure.
Root and etymology
y-dyod–dalet
“hand, power”
In context — Proverbs 16:28
A man of perversions sends out strife, and a whisperer separates close friends .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 16:28, so the Hebrew word מַפְרִ֥יד (mahferid) 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.16.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.28.W6.S1) and character.