Proverbs 17:13:5Prov.17.13.W5TAB
לֹא־תמיש
lotamish
“will not depart or remove”
- Transliteration
- lo-ta-MISH
- Extended
- loh-tah-MIHSH
- IPA
- /loː.taˈmiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- will not depart or remove
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-ta-MISH
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ta-MISH ta-MUSH ra-A
- clause
lo-ta-MISH ta-MUSH ra-A mi-BE-to
- sentence
me-SHIV ra-A TA-khat to-VA lo-ta-MISH ta-MUSH ra-A mi-BE-to
Exegesis
The negative particle lo {לֹא | lō} combined with the imperfect tamush {תָּמוּשׁ | tā-mûš} ‘will depart’ expresses a definitive future negation.
In context — Proverbs 17:13
Whoever returns evil instead of good, evil will not depart from his house.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 17:13, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תמיש (lotamish) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.13.W5.S1) and character.