Proverbs 20:24:4Prov.20.24.W4TAB
מַה־יָּבִ֥ין
mahyavin
“how can he understand”
- Transliteration
- mah-ya-VIN
- Extended
- mah-yaa-VIHN
- IPA
- /ma.jjaˈvin/
Meaning by language
- English
- how can he understand
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mah-ya-VIN
- phraseyour reading level
mah-ya-VIN dar-KO
- clause
ve-a-DAM mah-ya-VIN dar-KO
- sentence
me-ye-ho-VAH mi-tse-A-DEI-GA-ver ve-a-DAM mah-ya-VIN dar-KO
Exegesis
The conjunction wə {וְ | wə} ‘and’ introduces the second clause, where the interrogative mah yāḇîn {מַה־יָבִין | mah yā·ḇîn} ‘how will {one} understand?’ forms a rhetorical question.
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 20:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 20:24, so the Hebrew word מַה־יָּבִ֥ין (mahyavin) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.24.W4.S1) and character.