Proverbs 17:13:1Prov.17.13.W1TAB
מֵשִׁ֣יב
meshiv
“one who returns or repays”
- Transliteration
- me-SHIV
- Extended
- meh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /meːˈʃiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who returns or repays
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-SHIV
- clause
me-SHIV ra-A TA-khat to-VA
- sentence
me-SHIV ra-A TA-khat to-VA lo-ta-MISH ta-MUSH ra-A mi-BE-to
Exegesis
The opening uses the Hiphil participle meshiv {מֵשִׁיב | mē-šîyḇ} ‘one who repays’ to denote an indefinite actor.
Root and etymology
ש־ו־בsh w b
“to turn back”
In context — Proverbs 17:13
Whoever returns evil instead of good, evil will not depart from his house.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 17:13, so the Hebrew word מֵשִׁ֣יב (meshiv) 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.17.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.13.W1.S1) and character.