Proverbs 2:1:4Prov.2.1.W4TAB
וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י
umitsvotai
“and my commandments”
- Transliteration
- u-mits-VO-tai
- Extended
- oo-mih-tsvoh-TAI
- IPA
- /u.mitsˈvoː.θaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my commandments
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-mits-VO-tai
- clause
u-mits-VO-tai tits-PON i-TAKH
- sentence
BE-ni IM-ti-KAKH a-ma-RAI u-mits-VO-tai tits-PON i-TAKH
Exegesis
The paired verbs tiqqach {תִּקַּח | ṭiq-qāḥ} ‘take’ and titzpon {תִּצְפֹּן | ṭiṣ-pōn} ‘treasure up’ form a balanced parallel structure governing the objects amarai {אֲמָרָי | ʾă-mā-rāy} ‘my words’ and mitzvotai {מִצְוֺתַי | miṣ-vō-ṯay} ‘my commandments’, reinforcing both the initial reception and ongoing preservation of instruction.
Root and etymology
RootTsade–Vav–He
“to command”
In context — Proverbs 2:1
My son, if you take my words and treasure my commandments with you,
About this coordinate
Proverbs 2:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 2:1, so the Hebrew word וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י (umitsvotai) 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.2.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.2.1.W4.S1) and character.