Proverbs 16:32:4Prov.16.32.W4TAB
מִגִּבּ֑וֹר
miggibor
“than a mighty man”
- Transliteration
- mig-gi-BOR
- Extended
- mihg-gih-BOHR
- IPA
- /mig.gibˈboːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- than a mighty man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mig-gi-BOR
- clause
TOV E-rekh a-PA-yim mig-gi-BOR
- sentence
TOV E-rekh a-PA-yim mig-gi-BOR u-mo-SHEL be-ru-KHO mil-lo-KHED IR
Exegesis
The comparative preposition mî {מִן | mî} appears in mîgibbôr {מִגִּבּ֑וֹר | mî-ɡibbôr} ‘than a mighty warrior’.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–bet–resh
“mighty one”
In context — Proverbs 16:32
Better is one who is slow to anger than a mighty warrior, and one who rules his spirit than one who captures a city .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 16:32, so the Hebrew word מִגִּבּ֑וֹר (miggibor) 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.16.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.32.W4.S1) and character.