Proverbs 17:4:1Prov.17.4.W1TAB
מֵ֭רַע
mera
“an evildoer”
- Transliteration
- me-RA
- Extended
- meh-RAH
- IPA
- /meːˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- an evildoer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-RA
- clause
me-RA mak-shiv al-se-FAT-A-ven
- sentence
me-RA mak-shiv al-se-FAT-A-ven SHE-ker me-ZIN al-le-SHON ha-VOT
Exegesis
The first clause begins with the prepositional phrase mera {מֵרַע | mērāʿ} ‘from evil’ followed by the hiphil participle makshiv {מַקְשִׁיב | maq-šîḇ} ‘one who listens.’
Root and etymology
resh–ayin
“companion”
In context — Proverbs 17:4
An evildoer listens to the lip of iniquity, and a liar gives ear to a tongue of destructions .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 17:4, so the Hebrew word מֵ֭רַע (mera) 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.17.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.4.W1.S1) and character.