Proverbs 20:24:2Prov.20.24.W2TAB
מִצְעֲדֵי־גָ֑בֶר
mitseadeigaver
“steps of a man”
- Transliteration
- mi-tse-A-DEI-GA-ver
- Extended
- mih-TSEH-AH-DEE-GAA-vehr
- IPA
- /mits.ʕă.deː.ˈɡaː.vɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- steps of a man
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-tse-A-DEI-GA-ver
- clause
me-ye-ho-VAH mi-tse-A-DEI-GA-ver
- sentence
me-ye-ho-VAH mi-tse-A-DEI-GA-ver ve-a-DAM mah-ya-VIN dar-KO
Exegesis
The verse is structured as two parallel clauses: the first uses the prepositional phrase me-YHWH {מֵיְהוָה | mê-Yə-hō-wāh} ‘from the LORD’ with the construct chain mitsadei-gaver {מִצְעֲדֵי-גָבֶר | mitsʿă·ḏê ḡā·ver} ‘steps of man’, indicating that human motion originates with divine direction.
In context — Proverbs 20:24
A person’s steps come from the LORD ; how then can one understand his own way ?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 20:24, so the Hebrew word מִצְעֲדֵי־גָ֑בֶר (mitseadeigaver) 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.20.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.24.W2.S1) and character.