Proverbs 20:30:3Prov.20.30.W3TAB

תמריק

tamrik

cleanses

Transliteration
tam-RIK
Extended
tam-REEK
IPA
/tam.ˈriːq/

Meaning by language

English
cleanses

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Memm as in mother
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qofq — deep k, uvular

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    tam-RIK

  2. clause

    khab-bu-ROT PE-tsa tam-RIK ta-me-RUK be-RA

  3. sentence

    khab-bu-ROT PE-tsa tam-RIK ta-me-RUK be-RA u-ma-KOT khad-REI-va-TEN

Exegesis

The first hemistich links the noun construct khaburot petsa {חַבֻּרוֹת פֶּצַע | ḥă-bbū-rōt pê-ṣaʿ} ‘wounds of a blow’ to the piel verb-object sequence tamriq tamruq bera {תַּמְרִ֣יק תַּמְרוּק בְּרָ֑ע | tam-rîq tam-rûq bə-rāʿ} ‘purges purging of evil’, intensifying the action through the use of the piel stem {piel | piʿel} ‘intensive action’.

Root and etymology

m-r-qmem–resh–qoph

to cleanse, scour

In contextProverbs 20:30

Wounds from a blow purge evil, and blows reach the inward parts of the belly .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 20:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 20:30, so the Hebrew word תמריק (tamrik) 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.20.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.30.W3.S1) and character.