Proverbs 19:16:2Prov.19.16.W2TAB
מִ֭צְוָה
mitsva
“a commandment”
- Transliteration
- mits-VA
- Extended
- mihts-VAH
- IPA
- /mitsˈwaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a commandment
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mits-VA
- clause
sho-MER mits-VA sho-MER naf-SHO
- sentence
sho-MER mits-VA sho-MER naf-SHO bo-ZE de-ra-KHAV yu-MAT ya-MUT
Exegesis
Each clause begins with the participle shomer {שֹׁמֵ֣ר | šōmēr} ‘one who keeps’ and bozeh {בּוֹזֵ֖ה | bō·zēh} ‘one who despises’, followed by their objects mitzvah {מִ֭צְוָה | miṣ·wāh} ‘commandment’ and derakhav {דְרָכָ֣יו | də·rā·ḵāw} ‘his ways’.
Root and etymology
Roottsade–waw–he
“to command, ordain”
In context — Proverbs 19:16
The one who keeps the commandment preserves his soul , but whoever despises his ways will die.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 19:16, so the Hebrew word מִ֭צְוָה (mitsva) 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.19.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.16.W2.S1) and character.