Proverbs 20:4:1Prov.20.4.W1TAB
מֵ֭חֹרֶף
mekhoref
“from winter”
- Transliteration
- ME-kho-ref
- Extended
- MEE-khoh-ref
- IPA
- /ˈmeː.ħoː.rɛf/
Meaning by language
- English
- from winter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ME-kho-ref
- clause
ME-kho-ref a-TSEL LO-ya-kha-ROSH
- sentence
ME-kho-ref a-TSEL LO-ya-kha-ROSH yi-she-AL ve-sha-AL ba-ka-TSIR va-A-yin
Exegesis
The verse opens with a causal prepositional phrase me-choref {מֵ֭חֹרֶף | mê-ḥō-ref} ‘from winter’, establishing the motivation for inaction.
Root and etymology
ח־ר־ף
“winter, cold season”
In context — Proverbs 20:4
Because of the winter , the lazy person will not plow; he will ask and seek at harvest time, but there will be nothing .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 20:4, so the Hebrew word מֵ֭חֹרֶף (mekhoref) 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.20.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.4.W1.S1) and character.