Proverbs 18:9:2Prov.18.9.W2TAB
מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה
mitrape
“one who is slackening or becoming remiss”
- Transliteration
- mit-ra-PE
- Extended
- miht-rah-PEH
- IPA
- /mit.raˈpɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who is slackening or becoming remiss
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-ra-PE
- clause
GAM mit-ra-PE bim-la-AKH-to
- sentence
GAM mit-ra-PE bim-la-AKH-to AKH HU le-VA-al mash-khit
Exegesis
The Hitpael participle mitrappeh {מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה | mit·rəp·péh} ’one who is slack’ conveys a pattern of self-neglect.
Root and etymology
r-p-hresh–peh–he
“to slack, neglect”
In context — Proverbs 18:9
Also, one who is slack in his work is brother to a master of destruction.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 18:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 18:9, so the Hebrew word מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה (mitrape) 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.18.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.18.9.W2.S1) and character.