Proverbs 16:8:3Prov.16.8.W3TAB
מֵרֹ֥ב
merov
“than much”
- Transliteration
- me-ROV
- Extended
- meh-ROHV
- IPA
- /meːˈroːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- than much
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ROV
- phraseyour reading level
me-ROV te-vu-OT
- clause
me-ROV te-vu-OT be-LO mish-PAT
- sentence
TOV-me-AT bits-da-KA me-ROV te-vu-OT be-LO mish-PAT
Exegesis
The clause merov tevuot {מֵרֹ֥ב תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת | mēroḇ tevû’ōṯ} ‘than abundance of harvests’ uses the preposition min with a plural noun to express contrast.
In context — Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness than abundant income without justice .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 16:8, so the Hebrew word מֵרֹ֥ב (merov) 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.16.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.8.W3.S1) and character.