Proverbs 17:4:5Prov.17.4.W5TAB
מֵ֝זִין
mezin
“gives ear or pays attention”
- Transliteration
- me-ZIN
- Extended
- meh-ZEEN
- IPA
- /meːˈziːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- gives ear or pays attention
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
me-ZIN
- phraseyour reading level
SHE-ker me-ZIN
- clause
SHE-ker me-ZIN al-le-SHON ha-VOT
- sentence
me-RA mak-shiv al-se-FAT-A-ven SHE-ker me-ZIN al-le-SHON ha-VOT
Exegesis
The second clause opens with sheqer {שֶׁקֶר | še-qer} ‘falsehood’ and the parallel participle mezin {מֵזִין | mē-zîn} ‘one who gives ear,’ followed by al-leshon havvot {עַל־לְשׁוֹן הַוֺּת | ʿal-lə-šōn havvōṯ} ‘upon tongue of destructions.’
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 17:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 17:4, so the Hebrew word מֵ֝זִין (mezin) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.4.W5.S1) and character.