Proverbs 17:25:5Prov.17.25.W5TAB
וּ֝מֶ֗מֶר
umemer
“and bitterness”
- Transliteration
- u-ME-mer
- Extended
- oo-MEH-mehr
- IPA
- /uːˈmɛ.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and bitterness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ME-mer
- clause
u-ME-mer le-yo-lad-TO
- sentence
KA-as le-a-VIV BEN ke-SIL u-ME-mer le-yo-lad-TO
Exegesis
The second line begins with umer {וּמֶמֶר | ū-me-mer} ‘and bitterness’ followed by the prepositional phrase yoladto {לְיוֹלַדְתּוֹ | lə-yō-lā-d-to} ‘to his mother’. The conjunction waw on umer functions as an additive marker, linking the parallel distress to both parents and creating a forceful poetic statement on the impact of folly.
Root and etymology
מ־מ־ר
“bitter”
In context — Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to his mother .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 17:25, so the Hebrew word וּ֝מֶ֗מֶר (umemer) 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.17.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.25.W5.S1) and character.