Proverbs 2:18:3Prov.2.18.W3TAB
אֶל־מָ֣וֶת
elmavet
“to death”
- Transliteration
- el-ma-VET
- Extended
- ehl-maa-VEHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.maːˈvɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to death
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ma-VET
- clause
KI sha-KHA el-ma-VET be-TAH
- sentence
KI sha-KHA el-ma-VET be-TAH ve-el-re-fa-IM ma-e-glo-TE-ha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-mavet {אֶל־מָוֶת | ʾel-māvēṯ} ‘to death’ marks the result of the action.
Root and etymology
RootMem-Vav-Tav
“death”
In context — Proverbs 2:18
For her house slopes down toward death, and her paths lead to the shades .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 2:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 2:18, so the Hebrew word אֶל־מָ֣וֶת (elmavet) 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.2.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.2.18.W3.S1) and character.