Proverbs 20:18:1Prov.20.18.W1TAB
מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת
makhashavot
“plans”
- Transliteration
- ma-kha-sha-VOT
- Extended
- mah-khah-shaa-VOHT
- IPA
- /ma.ħă.ʃaˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- plans
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-kha-sha-VOT
- clause
ma-kha-sha-VOT be-E-TSA tik-KON
- sentence
ma-kha-sha-VOT be-E-TSA tik-KON u-ve-ta-khe-bu-LOT a-SE mi-le-kha-MA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the noun machashavot {מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת | maḥăššāḇōṯ} ‘plans’ functioning as the subject, followed by the instrumental phrase be’etzah {בְּעֵצָה | bə-ʿē-ṣāh} ‘by counsel’, marking the means whereby those plans tikkon {תִכּ֑וֹן | ṯikkōn} ‘are established’, a niphal imperfect conveying a stative passive.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–shin–bet
“to think, plan, devise”
In context — Proverbs 20:18
Plans are established by counsel, and by strategies make war.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 20:18, so the Hebrew word מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת (makhashavot) 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.20.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.18.W1.S1) and character.