Proverbs 18:14:3Prov.18.14.W3TAB
מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ
makhalehu
“his sickness”
- Transliteration
- ma-kha-LE-hu
- Extended
- mah-khah-LEH-hoo
- IPA
- /maħăleːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his sickness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-kha-LE-hu
- clause
RU-akh-I-sh ye-khal-KEL ma-kha-LE-hu
- sentence
RU-akh-I-sh ye-khal-KEL ma-kha-LE-hu ve-RU-akh ne-KHE-a MI yis-SA-en-na
Exegesis
This functions as the subject, followed by the verb yekhalkel {יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל | yəḵallēl} ‘will sustain’, taking machalehu {מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ | maḥălêhû} ‘his sickness’ as its direct object.
Root and etymology
Rootkh-l-h
“to be sick, weak”
In context — Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man will sustain his sickness; but who can bear a wounded spirit?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 18:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 18:14, so the Hebrew word מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ (makhalehu) 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.18.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.18.14.W3.S1) and character.