Proverbs 17:13:8Prov.17.13.W8TAB
מִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃
mibeto
“from his house”
- Transliteration
- mi-BE-to
- Extended
- mih-BEE-toh
- IPA
- /mibˈbeː.toː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from his house
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-BE-to
- 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 repetition of ra'ah {רָעָה | rā-‛āh} intensifies the consequence, and the locative mibbeito {מִבֵּיתוֹ | mi-bêy-ṯō} ‘from his house’ functions as a metonym for one’s familial domain. In translation, the participial nuance is reflected by “Whoever returns,” and the antithetical contrast is preserved through “instead of,” maintaining the Hebrew’s cause-effect relationship.
Root and etymology
ב־י־תb y t
“house, dwelling”
In context — Proverbs 17:13
Whoever returns evil instead of good, evil will not depart from his house.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 17:13, so the Hebrew word מִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃ (mibeto) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.13.W8.S1) and character.