Proverbs 18:24:7Prov.18.24.W7TAB
מֵאָֽח׃
meakh
“more than a brother”
- Transliteration
- me-AKH
- Extended
- meh-AKH
- IPA
- /meːˈʔaːħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- more than a brother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-AKH
- phraseyour reading level
da-VEK me-AKH
- clause
ve-YESH o-HEV da-VEK me-AKH
- sentence
ISH re-IM le-hit-ro-E-a ve-YESH o-HEV da-VEK me-AKH
Exegesis
The comparative phrase me'ach {מֵאָֽח | me-ʾāḥ} “than brother” highlights the surpassing intimacy. Hebrew parallelism sets an antithesis between superficial association and steadfast attachment; this is rendered in English as a compound sentence preserving both contrast and concision.
Root and etymology
aleph–chetʾ–ḥ
“brother”
In context — Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may be brought to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 18:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 18:24, so the Hebrew word מֵאָֽח׃ (meakh) 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.18.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.18.24.W7.S1) and character.