Proverbs 18:13:1Prov.18.13.W1TAB
מֵשִׁ֣יב
meshiv
“answering or returning”
- Transliteration
- me-SHIV
- Extended
- meh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /meːˈʃiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- answering or returning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-SHIV
- clause
me-SHIV da-VAR be-TE-rem yish-MA
- sentence
me-SHIV da-VAR be-TE-rem yish-MA i-VE-let HI-lo u-khe-LIM-ma
Exegesis
The verse opens with a participial phrase meshiv davar {מֵשִׁיב דָּבָר | mē-šîv dā-vār} ‘one who answers a matter’, which functions as a general conditional.
Root and etymology
ש־ו־ב
“to return; to answer”
In context — Proverbs 18:13
Whoever answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and disgrace to him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 18:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 18:13, so the Hebrew word מֵשִׁ֣יב (meshiv) 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.18.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.18.13.W1.S1) and character.