Proverbs 19:1:4Prov.19.1.W4TAB
מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ
meikesh
“than one crooked or perverse”
- Transliteration
- me-i-KESH
- Extended
- mee-ih-KESH
- IPA
- /meːʕiqˈqeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- than one crooked or perverse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
me-i-KESH
- phraseyour reading level
me-i-KESH se-fa-TAV
- clause
me-i-KESH se-fa-TAV ve-HU khe-SIL
- sentence
TOV-RASH ho-LEKH be-tum-MO me-i-KESH se-fa-TAV ve-HU khe-SIL
Exegesis
The comparative relationship is marked by the preposition mē {מֵ} prefixed to the Hiphil participle meiqesh {מֵעִקֵּשׁ | mē‘iqqēš} ‘twisting,’ which introduces the second member of the comparison.
In context — Proverbs 19:1
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one whose lips are perverse and who is a fool.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 19:1, so the Hebrew word מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ (meikesh) 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.19.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.1.W4.S1) and character.