Proverbs 17:14:4Prov.17.14.W4TAB
מָד֑וֹן
madon
“strife or dispute”
- Transliteration
- ma-DON
- Extended
- maa-DOHN
- IPA
- /maːˈd̪oːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- strife or dispute
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-DON
- clause
PO-ter MA-yim re-SHIT ma-DON
- sentence
PO-ter MA-yim re-SHIT ma-DON ve-lif-NEI hit-gal-LA ha-RIV ne-TOSH
Exegesis
The proverb begins with the Qal participle poter {פּוֹטֵר | pō·tēr} ‘releasing’, serving as the subject of a simile that parallels reishit madon {רֵאשִׁית מָדוֹן | rê·šît mā·dōn} ‘beginning of strife’. This chiastic parallelism equates the unchecked flow of water with the onset of conflict.
Root and etymology
d-y-ndalet–yod–nun
“to judge, contend”
In context — Proverbs 17:14
Releasing water is the beginning of strife ; leave a quarrel before it bursts forth.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 17:14, so the Hebrew word מָד֑וֹן (madon) 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.17.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.14.W4.S1) and character.